...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110687 | Bicyclic compounds with kinase inhibitory activity The present invention provides novel bicyclic compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disea... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8067600 | Histone deacetylase inhibitors and methods of use thereof One aspect of the invention relates to HDAC inhibitors. Methods of sensitizing a cancer cell to the cytotoxic effects of radiotherapy are also provided. The invention also provides methods for treating cancer and methods for treating neurological diseases. Additiona... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7919624 | VR1 vanilloid receptor antagonists with a iononic substructure The invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein Y, R, n and X are as defined in the description, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds of formula (I) inhibit the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7872136 | Process for production of 4-fluoroisoquinoline-5-sulfonyl halide or salt thereof To provide an effective and simple process for producing 4-fluoroisoquinoline-5-sulfonylhalide or a salt thereof, and a simple method for separating for purification of the product from a by-produced position isomer thereof. The process for producing 4-fluoroisoquin... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7858792 | Biphenyl compounds useful as muscarinic receptor antagonists This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, m, p, r, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, W and X1 are as defined in the specification. Th... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7507828 | Histone deacetylase inhibitors and methods of use thereof One aspect of the invention relates to HDAC inhibitors. Methods of sensitizing a cancer cell to the cytotoxic effects of radiotherapy are also provided. The invention also provides methods for treating cancer and methods for treating neurological diseases. Additiona... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7501516 | Quinoline derivatives and their use as tyrosine kinase inhibitors The invention concerns quinoline derivatives of Formula (I) wherein each of Z, m, R1, n and R3 have any of the meanings defined in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in th... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7452994 | Synthesis of enantiomerically pure amino-substituted fused bicyclic rings This invention describes various processes for synthesis and resolution of racemic amino-substituted fused bicyclic ring systems. One process utilizes selective hydrogenation of an amino-substituted fused bicyclic aromatic ring system. An alternative process prepare... | 11/18/2008 |
| RE40558 | Therapeutic uses of di-aryl acid derivatives The use of diaryl acid derivatives of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, N-oxides, hydrates or solvates thereof, wherein the variables shown are defined in the disclosure, and their pharmaceutical compositions as P... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442794 | Rearranged pentanols, a process for their production and their use as anti-inflammatory agents The invention relates to the compounds of formula I, a process for their production and their use as anti-inflammatory agents. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439257 | Aryloxyalkylcarbamate-type derivatives, preparation method thereof and use of same in therapeutics The invention relates to a compound of formula (I): Wherein m, n, X, Y, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined herein. The invention also relates to the use of same in therapeutics. | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429586 | Non-imidazole aryloxyalkylamines Substituted aryloxyalkylamines of formula (I), compositions containing them, and methods of making and using them to treat histamine-mediated conditions. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429592 | Cyanoanthranilamide derivatives and the use thereof as medicaments Substituted cyanoanthranilamide derivatives, their production and use as pharmaceutical agents for treating diseases that are triggered by persistent angiogenesis are described. The compounds according to the invention can be used as or in the case of psoriasis, Kap... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7414063 | Inhibitors of Akt (protein kinase B) The present invention relates to compounds Formula (I): as inhibitors of AKT activity, which are useful for the treatment of susceptible neoplasms and viral infections. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408065 | P2Xreceptor antagonists and their use The invention provides compounds of formula (IA), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in therapy. ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407939 | Protein kinase inhibitors comprising ATP mimetics conjugated to peptides or peptidomimetics The present invention provides small molecules having high affinity to the ATP binding site of protein kinases, which are conjugated to apeptide or peptidomimetic moiety which mimics the substrate of PKB. The chimeric compounds according to the present invention pre... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405299 | Compounds as pharmaceutical agents The current invention relates to compounds of the formula: (Ia) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and their use as TGF-beta signal transduction inhibitors for treating cancer and other diseases in a patient in need thereof by administration of said c... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402594 | Sulfated bis-cyclic agents Sulfated bis-cyclic compounds that are potent anticoagulants and methods for their manufacture are provided. The sulfated compounds are bis-cyclic moieties comprised of an isoquinoline ring joined to a phenyl ring with the general chemical structure formula (I) wher... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7354931 | Heterocyclic retinoid compounds The current invention provide novel heterocyclic retinoid compounds, methods of treating or preventing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer and dermatological disorders, pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the treatment or prevention of these disorders... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354944 | Thiadiazole compounds and methods of use The invention relates to thiadiazole compounds useful for treating diseases mediated by protein kinase B (PKB). The invention also relates to the therapeutic use of such thiadiazole compounds and compositions thereof in treating disease states associated with abnorm... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7320992 | Substituted 2,3-dihydro-1h-isoindol-1-one derivatives and methods of use Selected compounds are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases, such as angiogenesis mediated diseases. The invention encompasses novel compounds, analogs, prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods fo... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309708 | Hepatitis C virus inhibitors Hepatitis C virus inhibitors are disclosed having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R′, B, Y and X are described in the description. Compositions comprising the compounds... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7276607 | 5-HTreceptor antagonists Substituted carbocyclic sulphonamide derivatives of formula (I), in which n is 0 or 1 and the other variables are as defined in the claims, are selective 5-HT7 receptor antagonists and are thereby effective in the treatment of a variety of neurological co... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271192 | Substituted 2-pyrrolidine-2-yl-1H-indole compounds Novel 2-pyrrolidin-2-yl-1H-indole compounds corresponding to formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 have the meanings given in the description, and pharmaceutical compos... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256201 | Selective estrogen receptor-β ligands The invention relates to novel compounds having the general formula: (I) and arc useful as selective ER-β ligands in the treatment or prophylaxis of Alzheimer's disease, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, osteoporosis cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthri... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253188 | Aminobenzamide derivative This invention relates to a novel compound represented by the formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is —S(O)p-A, â... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253165 | Benzisoxazolyl-, pyridoisoxazolyl-and benzthienyl-phenoxy derivatives useful as Dantagonists The compounds are of the class of benzisoxazolyl-, pyridoisoxazolyl- and benzthienyl-phenoxy derivatives, useful as D4 antagonists. Said compounds are useful for the treatment of medical conditions mediated by inhibition of D4 receptor. These c... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250526 | Transfer hydrogenation process and catalyst A catalytic transfer hydrogenation process is provided. The catalyst employed in the process is a metal hydrocarbyl complex which is coordinated to defined bidentate ligands substituted with at least one group selected from an optionally substituted sulphonated hydr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244725 | Acetyl 2-hydroxy-1, 3-diaminoalkanes Disclosed are compounds of the formula: where variables Z, X, R15, R2, R3, and RC are defined herein. Compounds disclosed herein are inhibitors of the beta-secretase en... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241774 | Substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds, methods of making, and their use The present invention relates to novel substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds to destroy a target cell, such as a cancer cell, and to tre... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241775 | Composition, process of making, and medical use of substituted 4-phenyltetrahydroisoquinolines Substituted 4-phenyltetrahydroisoquinolines of formula I, process for their preparation, their use as a medicament and medicaments containing them. The compounds of formula I can be used, among other uses, in the e... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235547 | Pharmaceutical composition comprising an AChE inhibitor and a mGluR2 antagonist The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase (AChE inhibitor) and a metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 antagonist (mGluR2 antagonist) and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The invention also rela... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230104 | Fungicidal 5-phenyl substituted 2-(cyanoamino) pyrimidines Pyrimidines of formula I in which R1 represents hydrogen or alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkadienyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, phenyl, or 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl or 5- or 6-membered h... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217722 | Nitrogen-containing compounds having kinase inhibitory activity and drugs containing the same An objective of the present invention is to provide compounds having Rho kinase inhibitory activity. The compounds according to the present invention are those represented by formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: Het—X—Z... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217706 | Propanolamine derivatives This invention relates to new propanolamine derivatives or salts thereof represented by the following formula [I]: Wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification or salts thereof which have gut selective sympatho... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217714 | CCR5 modulators Compounds of Formula 1 [Region α]−[Region β]−[Region γ]−[Region δ]   (I) which are useful as modulators of chemokine activity. The invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations and m... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214689 | Isoquinoline compounds The invention relatests compound of formula (I): wherein: n is 1, 2 or 3, A represents a group | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211585 | 5-HTreceptor antagonists The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some tetrahydroisoquinoline substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions compr... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211584 | 5-HT7 receptor ligands The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some tetrahydroisoquinoline propyl sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205312 | N-[4-(heteroarylmethyl)phenyl]-heteroarylamines The present invention is concerned with compounds of formula the N-oxides, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen, hydrox... | 04/17/2007 |