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US20090304588 BIOLOGICALLY EXCITABLE CELLS  
As an alternative strategy to electronic pacemaker devices, we explored the feasibility of converting normally-quiescent ventricular myocytes into pacemakers by somatic cell fusion. The idea is to...
US20090307805 ALTERNATIVE NUCLEOTIDES FOR IMPROVED TARGETED NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE  
A method and oligonucleotides for targeted nucleotide exchange of a duplex DNA sequence, wherein the donor oligonucleotide contains at least one modified nucleotide having a higher binding affinity...
US20090305359 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CIRCULAR DUPLEX POLYNUCLEOTIDES FROM LINEAR DUPLEX POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF  
Methods are provided for making a circular duplex polynucleotide. Such methods can include providing a mixture of sequence specific linear duplex polynucleotides and denaturing and reannealing the...
US20090305419 Compositions for linking DNA-binding domains and cleavage domains  
Disclosed herein are compositions for linking DNA binding domains and cleavage domains (or cleavage half-domains) to form non-naturally occurring nucleases. Also described are methods of making and...
US20090305418 CELL THERAPY METHOD FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS  
T cell responses are often diminished in humans with a compromised immune system. We have developed a method to isolate, stimulate and expand naïve cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors (CTLp) to...
US20090305991 33 Human Secreted Proteins  
The present invention relates to 33 novel human secreted proteins and isolated nucleic acids containing the coding regions of the genes encoding such proteins. Also provided are vectors, host...
US20090305420 SRSV DETECTION KIT  
This invention relates to an SRSV detection kit comprising all antibodies against SRSV-related virus constituting peptides selected from the following peptide groups (a) to (k), respectively: (a) a...
US20090306131 CELL LINES WITH LATENT IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF  
The present invention provides isolated cells that comprise, integrated into the genome of the cell, a transcription-competent immunodeficiency virus or a transcription-competent immunodeficiency...
US20090304652 IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION OF STEM CELLS BEING COMMITTED TO DIFFERENTIATE TO A SPECIFIC TYPE FOR OBTAINING A HOMOGENEOUS POPULATION OF STEM CELLS  
The stem cell ( 1 ) includes a cellular DNA ( 2 ) comprising a plurality of sequences coding different genes and promoters allowing DNA-protein-interactions, at least one protein molecule ( 3 )...
US20090305358 DNA Vector Production System  
The invention discloses the production of double stranded DNA (dsDNA) vectors capable of delivering nucleic acids, including cDNA, antisense, ribozyme, and small interference RNA into cells. The...
US20090304595 ANIMAL MODEL AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANIMAL MODEL  
The present invention discloses a non-human animal model for a hereditary autosomal dominant disease. The non-human animal model expresses at least one phenotype associated with the disease and is...
US20090297506 Classification of cancer  
The invention discloses a method for classification of cancer in an individual having contracted cancer. The method of classification involves the determination of microsatellite status and a...
US20090297496 Lysosomal Acid Lipase Therapy for NAFLD and Related Diseases  
The present invention comprises methods and compositions for the treatment or alleviation of NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and those conditions associated with NAFLD, including fatty...
US20090298105 RECONSTITUTED HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE COMPLEX AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYI NG MODULATORS THEREOF  
The present invention provides a reconstituted complex including EED, EZH2 and SUZ12 wherein the reconstituted complex has histone methyltransferase (HMTase) activity for lysine 27 of histone H3...
US20090300782 Targeted gene addition in stem cells  
The present invention provides methods for adenoassociated virus-mediated site-specific integration of a transgene into a stem cell. Stem cells having a transgene integrated therein, and...
US20090298921 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION  
Methods for homologously recombining an exogenous nucleic acid into a target cell genome of a target cell are provided. In the subject methods, a targeting vector that includes a linearizing...
US20090291502 GENE INJECTION APPARATUS AND GENE INJECTION METHOD  
A gene injection apparatus for injecting a gene into a cell held on a substrate, includes a needle unit. The needle unit includes a fine needle to be inserted into the cell immersed in a culture...
US20090291888 MODULATORS OF TNF RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR (TRAF), THEIR PREPARATION AND USE  
A DNA sequence encoding a protein capable of binding to a tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor (TRAF) molecule, TRAF-binding proteins, their isoforms, analogs, fragments and derivatives...
US20090291068 Modulation of bio-electrical rhythms via a novel engineering approach  
The present invention relates to novel compositions and methods to induce, and/or modulate bio-electrical rhythms (e.g. in cardiac, neuronal and pancreatic cells) by fine-tuning the activity of...
US20090291104 NOVEL CONOTOXIN FRAMEWORK WITH A HELIX-LOOP-HELIX FOLD  
A new family Here we report a new family of four-cystine/three-loop conotoxins (designated framework 14). Three peptides of this family (flf14a-c) were isolated from the venom of Conus floridanus...
US20090286852 RNA containing modified nucleosides and methods of use thereof  
This invention provides RNA, oligoribonucleotide, and polyribonucleotide molecules comprising pseudouridine or a modified nucleoside, gene therapy vectors comprising same, methods of synthesizing...
US20090286319 MICROINJECTION METHOD AND DEVICE  
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for introducing a physiologically active substance such as a gene into a cell, which introduces a physiologically active substance such as...
US20090285861 Tumor cell-based cancer immunotherapeutic compositions and methods  
The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that immunotherapy using cell-based tumor cells genetically modified to express heat shock proteins is particularly effective in...
US20090286320 SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION IN EUKARYOTES AND CONSTRUCTS USEFUL THEREFOR  
Site-specific recombinases provide a means of efficiently manipulating chromosomal sequences in mammalian cells in culture and in mice. Embryonic stem cells containing recombinase nucleic acid...
US20090285852 Expression System Incorporating a Capsid Promotor Sequence as an Enhancer of a Cytomegalovirus Promotor  
The invention provides a method for enhancing expression of a transgene in a host cell, which includes the steps of inserting a capsid promoter element (Pcap), or a sequence comprising the reverse...
US20090280568 S100B mini-promoters  
Isolated polynucleotides comprising an S100B promoter are provided, where an S100B regulatory element is operably joined to an S100B basal promoter utilizing a non-native spacing between the...
US20090281167 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATED TO MIRNA MODULATION OF NEOVASCULARIZATION OR ANGIOGENESIS  
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for diagnosing and/or treating vascular diseases including cancer, cardiac diseases, vascular diseases of the eye, and inflammatory diseases....
US20090280123 Kinesin polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding same and compositions and methods of using same  
An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a KIF18A polypeptide being expressed in mesenchymal stem cells is disclosed. Methods of detecting same are disclosed as well...
US20090280096 PANCREATIC ENDOCRINE PROGENITOR CELLS DERIVED FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS  
The invention provides pluripotent cells modified to overexpress Pdx1 and Ngn3. Pluripotent cells include embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. Methods of producing pancreatic...
US20090274618 TADG-15: an extracellular serine protease overexpressed in carcinomas  
The present invention provides DNA encoding a TADG-15 protein as well as a TADG-15 protein. Also provided is a vector capable of expressing the DNA of the present invention adapted for expression...
US20090275137 HIGH AFFINITY TCR PROTEINS AND METHODS  
T cell receptors (TCRS) that have higher affinity for a ligand than wild type TCRs are provided. These high affinity TCRs are formed by mutagenizing a T cell receptor protein coding sequence to...
US20090274671 VECTOR ENCODING HUMAN GLOBIN GENE AND USE THEREOF IN TREATMENT OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES  
Recombinant lentiviral vectors having a region encoding a functional β-globin gene; and large portions of the β-globin locus control regions which include DNase I hypersensitive sites HS2, HS3...
US20090275136 Nuclear Targeting Sequence  
The present provides nuclear localization signaling (NLS) sequences derived from titin, comprised of amino acids 181-220: SVGRATSTAE LLVQGEEEVP AKKTKTIVST AQISESRQTR and fragments thereof, such as...
US20090275644 Novel adaptor protein that binds to mammalian toll-like receptor 3 and gene thereof  
A novel adaptor protein and its gene are provided. The novel adaptor protein has a property of binding to mammalian Toll-like receptor 3, which controls type I interferon production that is...
US20090274630 RED BLOOD CELL-DERIVED VESICLES AS A NANOPARTICLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM  
Red blood cell-derived vesicles (RDV) as a nanoparticle drug delivery system. The RDV are smaller than one micrometer, capable of encapsulating and delivering an exogenous substance into cells. The...
US20090271896 METHOD FOR AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF PLANTS  
The invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing the efficiency of Agrobacterium -mediated transformation of host cells such as plant cells. Plant expression constructs comprising a...
US20090270484 WWOX Vectors and Uses in Treatment of Cancer  
The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer in a subject, by administering to the subject a polynucleotide encoding a...
US20090269781 Single-Molecule-Format Probe And Utilization Thereof  
A single-chain probe of the present invention for detecting a ligand, comprises: a ligand binding protein for binding the ligand; a recognition protein for recognizing that the ligand is bound by...
US20090271335 Totipotent, Nearly Totipotent or Pluripotent Mammalian Cells Homozygous or Hemizygous for One or More Histocompatibility Antigent Genes  
The present invention relates to totipotent, nearly totipotent and pluripotent stem cells that are hemizygous or homozygous for MHC antigens and methods of making and using them. These cells are...
US20090266760 FUNCTIONAL NUCLEIC ACIDS FOR BIOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION  
The present invention generally relates to methods of improving the removal and/or treatment of substances in bulk volumes, particularly to methods of improving the removal and/or treatment of...
US20090265796 Adeno-associated virus vectors  
The invention provides an isolated and purified DNA molecule comprising at least one DNA segment, a biologically active subunit or variant thereof, of a circular intermediate of adeno-associated...
US20090263900 Linear donor constructs for targeted integration  
Disclosed herein are linear donor molecules comprising homology arms of 50-750 base pairs (e.g., 50-100 base pairs) flanking one or more sequences of interest. The donor molecules and/or...
US20090264511 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING EXPRESSION OF FACTOR VII GENE  
The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the Factor VII gene.
US20090265815 Sequence-determined DNA fragments and corresponding polypeptides encoded therapy  
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in...
US20090264312 METHOD FOR REMOVING DESIRED CHROMOSOME AND TAILOR-MADE MEDICAL TREATMENT UTILIZING THE SAME  
It is intended to provide a regenerable cell in which a desired chromosome has been deleted, a method for producing the cell, and a gene cassette and a kit to be used for the method. More...
US20090263395 GENES AND POLYPEPTIDES RELATING TO BREAST CANCERS  
The present application provides novel human genes B1194, A2282V1, A2282V2, and A2282V3 whose expression is markedly elevated in breast cancer. These genes and polypeptides encoded thereby can be...
US20090263864 Recombinant production of mixtures of antibodies  
The invention provides methods for producing mixtures of antibodies from a single host cell clone, wherein, a nucleic acid sequence encoding a light chain and nucleic acid sequences encoding...
US20090263899 CELL MODIFICATION METHOD AND CELL MODIFICATION DEVICE  
The present invention relates to a cell modification method for modifying human or mammal immune cells, especially effector cells outside the human or mammal body, wherein in a first step at least...
US20090263901 STABLE NEURAL STEM CELL LINES  
A systematic and efficient method for establishing stable neural stem cell lines and neuronal progenitor lines is described. The resulting cell lines provide robust, simple, and reproducible...
US20090263365 Methods and compositions for transforming dendritic cells and activating cells  
Recombinant dendritic cells are made by transforming a stem cell and differentiating the stem cell into a dendritic cell. The resulting dendritic cell is an antigen presenting cell which activates...