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7364729 Method of inducing a CTL response  
Disclosed herein are methods for inducing an immunological CTL response to an antigen by sustained, regular delivery of the antigen to a mammal so that the antigen reaches the lymphatic system....
7344703 Mycobacterial sulfation pathway proteins and methods of use thereof  
Novel mycobacterial sulfation pathway proteins and polypeptides related thereto, as well as nucleic acid compositions encoding the same, are provided. The subject polypeptide and nucleic acid...
7320794 Transporter protein  
A novel protein which has an activity to transport hydantoin compounds is described, as well as a recombinant expressing this transporter protein. From Microbacterium liquefaciens strain AJ3912,...
7264815 Process for producing a recombinant protein in a mycobacterium host plasmid pJAM2  
This invention relates to a novel mycobacterial protein named DES, which appears to share significant amino acid sequence homology with soluble stearoyl-ACP desaturases. The results of allelic...
7261899 Method of producing thy A-strains of Vibrio cholerae, such strains and their use  
A method of producing a thy A − strain of vibrio cholerae comprising the step of site-directed mutagenesis in the V. cholerae chromosome at the locus of the thy A gene SEQ ID NO: 1 of FIG. 1...
7238345 Recombinant microorganism expressing meningococcal class 1 outer membrane protein  
Outer-membrane vesicles, Class 1 outer membrane proteins of Neisseria meningitidis, fragments or oligopeptides containing epitopes of the Class I OMP can be used to immunize against meningococcal...
7235243 Immunological combination compositions and methods  
Immununological compositions and methods for making and using them. The compositions contain at least one antigen and at least one lipoprotein and optionally an adjuvant. The lipoprotein can itself...
7220418 Delivery of trefoil peptides  
The present invention relates to a microorganism, preferably a bacterial strain, preferably a non-pathogenic strain, preferably a non-invasive strain, preferably a food grade strain, preferably a...
7189402 Live vaccine for human immunodeficiency virus  
The present invention discloses development of a model live vaccine for HIV, using an attenuated strain of Salmonella engineered to surface express specific HIV proteins and testing of this...
7169393 Antigenic peptide fragments of VapA protein, and uses thereof  
An isolated peptide fragment of the VapA protein that binds antibodies specific for Rhodococcus equi and the VapA protein. In a preferred form the peptide contains an amino acid sequence of 5 or...
7160548 Mycobacterium strains with modified erp gene and vaccine composition containing same  
Mycobacterium strains in which the erp gene is modified, and vaccine compositions comprising such Mycobacterium strains are provided. The modification of the erp gene may decrease the virulence...
7135188 Methods and compositions for immunotherapy of cancer  
Methods and vaccines for suppressing formation of or inhibiting growth of tumors in a host are provided, via administration of a vaccine containing either a fusion protein of the tumor associated...
7125548 Streptococcus suis vaccines and diagnostic tests  
The invention relates to Streptococcus suis infection in pigs, vaccines directed against those infections and tests for diagnosing Streptococcus suis infections. The invention provides an...
7118749 Transferrin receptor genes  
Purified and isolated nucleic acid is provided which encodes a transferrin receptor protein of a strain of Haemophilus or a fragment or an analog of the transferrin receptor protein. The nucleic...
7115269 Attenuated Salmonella strain used as a vehicle for oral immunization  
The present invention is directed to an attenuated Salmonella comprising a eukaryotic expression vector for delivery of the eukaryotic expression vector to a eukaryotic cell. Delivery may be to...
7101558 High yield pertussis vaccine production strain and method for making same  
The present invention provides a vaccine production strain of Bordetella bronchiseptica that produces a pertussis toxin in high yield. The present invention provides a method for creating a ...
7094410 DNA vaccine against proliferating endothelial cells and methods of use thereof  
A DNA vaccine effective for inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation comprises a DNA construct operably encoding a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor protein. This invention...
7083794 Recombinant vaccines comprising immunogenic attenuated bacteria having RpoS positive phenotype  
Attenuated immunogenic bacteria having an RpoS + phenotype, in particular, Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi having an RpoS + phenotype and methods therefor are disclosed. The Salmonella ...
7081244 Neisserial vaccine compositions and methods  
Methods and compositions for the treatment of microbial infection, and in particular meningococcal disease, comprise a commensal Neisseria or an extract of a commensal Neisseria . Further...
7070793 Antigen protein and nucleic acid coding for said protein  
To provide a novel antigenic protein and a nucleic acid encoding the antigenic protein, which are useful for prophylaxis, treatment and diagnosis of diseases caused by fungi including Candida...
7067136 Method of screening anti-mycobacterial molecules  
This invention relates to a novel mycobacterial protein named DES, which appears to share significant amino acid sequence homology with soluble stearoyl-ACP desaturases. The results of allelic...
7060281 Groups of barrelia burgdorferi and borrelia afzelii that cause lyme disease in humans  
The present invention is drawn to an immunogenic composition comprising OspC polypeptides from Lyme Disease causing Borrelia . In one embodiment, the immunogenic composition of the present...
7056510 Streptococcus pneumoniae SP036 polynucleotides, polypeptides, antigens and vaccines  
The present invention relates to novel vaccines for the prevention or attenuation of infection by Streptococcus pneunoniae. The invention further relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules...
7037510 Hybrids of M. tuberculosis antigens  
The present invention discloses fusion proteins of the immunodominant antigens ESAT-6 and Ag85B from Mycobacterium tuberculosis or homologues thereof, and a tuberculosis vaccine based on the...
7026155 Method of reducing bacterial proliferation  
Bacteria and in particular pathogenic bacteria are treated in a manner which alters the bacteria's native level or activity of DNA methyltransferase (Dam). The alteration results in a change in the...
7018639 Vaccine antigens of Moraxella  
The present invention relates to antigens of Moraxella , in particular, Moraxella bovis , nucleic acid sequences encoding these antigens and formulations for use in raising an immune response...
7011836 Mutants of gram negative mucosal bacteria and application thereof in vaccines  
It is possible to inactivate the early stage of lipid A synthesis of mucosal gram negative bacteria without compromising cell viability. In particular the lpxA gene in N. meningitidis was mutated...
6994997 Gram positive bacteria deprived of HtrA protease activity and their uses  
The invention concerns bacteria strains, obtained from gram-positive bacteria whereof the genome size is not more than 3.2 Mb, and wherein the HtrA surface protease is inactive. Said strains are...
6994851 Method of inducing a CTL response  
A method of inducing a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response to an antigen is disclosed. The method involves delivering the antigen to the lymphatic system of an animal regularly over a sustained...
6982085 TB diagnostic based on antigens from M. tuberculosis  
The present invention is based on the identification and characterization of a number of novel M. tuberculosis derived proteins and protein fragments. The invention is directed to the...
6974680 Virulence genes, proteins, and their use  
A series of genes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella are shown to encode products that are implicated in virulence. The identification of these genes therefore allows attenuated...
6949345 Identification and cloning of a mycobacterial antigen corresponding to a heparin-binding haemagglutinin  
The present invention relates to peptide sequences enabling mycobacteria to adhere to host cells (e.g., epithelial cells). More particularly, the invention relates to a mycobacterial...
6939548 Methods to produce high levels of C. difficile toxins  
The present invention relates to the field of medical immunology and further to pharmaceutical compositions, methods of making and methods of use of vaccines. More specifically this invention...
6929799 D-alanine racemase mutants of mycobacteria and uses therefore  
The present invention is directed to D-alanine racemase mutants of mycobacterial species. The D-alanine racemase gene (alrA) is involved in the systhesis of D-alanine, a basic component of...
6924118 Recombinant intracellular pathogen immunogenic compositions and methods for use  
Immunogenic compositions comprising recombinant attenuated intracellular pathogens that have been transformed to express recombinant immunogenic antigens of the same or other intracellular...
6913757 Live, avirulent strain of V. anguillarum that protects fish against infection by virulent V. anguillarum and method of making the same  
The present invention comprises the identification, characterization and sequencing of a gene within the V. anguillarum genome, the mugA gene, a live, attenuated strain of V. anguillarum which...
6905691 Vaccines containing attenuated bacteria  
The invention relates to a vaccine comprising a bacterium attenuated by a non-reverting mutation in a gene encoding a protein which promotes folding of extracytoplasmic proteins. Such mutations...
6899885 74-kilodalton outer membrane protein from Moraxella catarrhalis  
A protein from M. catarrhalis , designated the 74 kD protein, is isolated and purified. The 74 kD protein has an amino-terminal amino acid sequence which is conserved among various strains of M....
6872398 Conjugate vaccine against gram-negative bacterial infections  
The present invention relates to a broadly reactive vaccine against Gram-negative bacteria which is composed of a biological glycan-pilus conjugate. The conjugate core is a common pilus type to...
6866847 Method of delivering a protein to poultry  
A method of delivering a protein to domestic poultry by administering to the poultry by whole body spray an effective amount of a live avirulent derivative of an enteropathogenic bacterium that...
6861253 Polypeptide inducing antibodies neutralizing HIV  
The present invention thus provides a polypeptide capable of forming a structure corresponding to or mimicking the intermediate of gp41 as well as its use in a vaccine for treating or preventing...
6846488 Chimeric antigen-enterotoxin mucosal immunogens  
The present invention provides methods of inducing immune responses by recombinant antigen-enterotoxin chimeric mucosal immunogens that contain the A2/B subunits of cholera toxin or heat-labile...
6835381 Methods for modulating angiogenesis by using the anti-angiogenic angiotensin-7 and polynucleotides encoding therefor  
The present invention provides methods for modulating angiogenesis by administering anti-angiogenic Ang-7 polypeptides to a subject. Methods of modulating angiogenesis by administering an...
6811787 Over-expressing homologous antigen vaccine and a method of making the same  
This invention relates to an over-expressing homologous antigen vaccine, a method of producing the same, and use of the vaccine for prophylaxis or treatment of vertebrates at risk of or suffering...
6808711 Immunologically active proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi, nucleic acids which encode them, and their use in test kits and as vaccines  
The present invention relates to immunologically active proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi which are present in a form which is free of other proteins derived from Borrelia burgdorferi and...
6805868 Moraxella catarrhalis antigen, corresponding gene and uses thereof  
The invention provides BASB109 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding BASB109 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are diagnostic,...
6793927 Construction of Pasteurella haemolytica vaccines  
Methylation of DNA can be a critical step in the introduction of DNA into P. haemolytica . A methyltransferase has been isolated and molecularly cloned for this purpose. Use of the...
6790446 Campylobacter vaccine  
The present invention relates to vaccines comprising antiserum raised against a flagellaless Campylobacter strain for the prevention of Campylobacter colonization in animals. The invention also...
6776993 Tuberculosis vaccine  
The present invention relates to novel recombinant vaccines providing protective immunity against tuberculosis. Further, the present invention refers to novel recombinant nucleic acid molecules,...
6770275 Live attenuated RTC-producing bacteria of the family  
The present invention relates to live attenuated RTX-toxin producing bacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae, of which the attenuation is due to the fact that they produce RTX toxin in a...
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