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6863896 Plant lectins as mucosal adjuvants  
The invention provides a method of increasing an immune response in a mammal. The method involves administering to the mammal an admixture comprising an immunogen and a plant lectin. The plant...
6852705 DNA vaccines for farm animals, in particular bovines and porcines  
Improved vaccines or immunogenic or immunological compositions, and methods for making and using the same.
6852324 Immunization for ebola virus infection  
Ebola virus vaccines comprising nucleic acid molecules encoding Ebola viral proteins are provided. In one embodiment, the nucleic acid molecule encodes the transmembrane form of the viral...
6849601 Peptides  
The present invention relates to novel peptides and derivatives thereof useful as selective α 1 -adrenoceptor antagonists which ability of inhibiting the agonist action of agonist noradrenaline on...
6846489 Vaccines containing a saponin and a sterol  
A novel adjuvant composition comprising a sterol (e.g., cholesterol, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, ergosterol, and ergocalciferol) and saponin fraction (e.g., QS 21, also known as QA 21 ) in the...
6844000 Use of Parapox B2L protein to treat cancer and modify immune responses  
A purified Parapoxvirus ovis envelope protein termed “B2L” can be used as a monotherapeutic agent. B2L protein also can be used in screening methods to identify potential therapeutic agents...
6844001 Adjuvants and copolymer compositions  
The present invention comprises novel polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymer compositions and compounds. The compositions comprise block copolymers that are high molecular weight...
6841532 Peptides and their use to ameliorate cell death  
There is disclosed novel peptides, fragments or analogues thereof and polynucleotides encoding the same, obtained from streptokinase suitable for use in the amelioration of cell death and methods...
6833136 Vaccine for preventing pythiosis in humans and animals  
The present invention provides antigen vaccines and methods of use thereof for the treatment of Pythium insidiosum infections, as well as prophylaxis against these infections, in humans and...
6833275 Gold conjugates containing detergent  
A composition which contains stabilized conjugates composed of colloidal particles and biomolecules is obtained by adding a detergent to a solution containing biomolecules before or/and during...
6824793 Use of hyaluronic acid polymers for mucosal delivery of vaccine antigens and adjuvants  
Compositions are provided which include hyaluronic acid derivatives in combination with vaccine antigens, and optionally adjuvants, for mucosal delivery. Also provided are methods of making the...
6815169 Identification and expression of a novel kinesin motor protein  
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of TL-γ, antibodies to TL-γ, methods of screening for TL-γ modulators using biologically active TL-γ, and kits for...
6814971 Adjuvants for use in vaccines  
The invention relates to adjuvants that contain a lecithin, an oil and an amphiphilic surfactant and that are capable of forming a stable oil-in-water emulsion vaccine so as to minimize local...
6811780 Methods of using cytokine antagonists to treat HIV infection and AIDS  
The invention is methods of using cytokine antagonists to treat HIV. In particular, the invention is methods of treating HIV using L-4 and IL-13 cytokine antagonists, including cytokine traps and...
6811788 Combinations and methods for treating neoplasms  
Methods for treating neoplasms, tumors and cancers, using one or more haptens and coagulation agents or treatments, alone or in combination with other anti-neoplastic agents or treatments, are...
6809077 Cyclosporin analogs for the treatment of autoimmune diseases  
The present invention relates to a cyclosporin analog of the following formula (I) or a pro-drug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: In particular, residue A maybe represented by either...
6805869 Cellular vaccines and immunotherapeutics and methods for their preparation  
The present invention provides a method for enhancing the immunogenicity of weakly immunogenic or non-immunogenic cells, resulting in a cellular vaccine that can stimulate T cell activation, which...
6803035 Anti-diarrheal and method for using the same  
A food product and method for treating and preventing diarrhea in a subject animal suffering from or susceptible to diarrhea. The method comprises administering an egg product to the subject animal...
6803044 Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory peptides for use in human immunodeficiency virus  
The present invention is directed to a method and pharmaceuticals for treating HIV and secondary infection. One aspect of this invention involves the use of one or more polypeptides with an amino...
6800291 Uro-genital condition treatment system  
The present invention is directed to a Lys-Pro-Val dimer, formulations containing the dimer and dimer applicators. The Lys-Pro-Val dimer is an effective anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory and...
6800300 Method for treating autoimmune and alloimmune diseases  
Disclosed is a method for treating a mammalian subject suffering from an autoimmune or alloimmune disease by administering to the subject a drug treatment which results in at least partial...
6797480 Purification of heat shock/stress protein cell surface receptors and their use as immunotherapeutic agents  
The present invention relates to receptors for heat shock proteins (HSPs), such as gp96, Hsp70 and Hsp90. The heat shock receptor is associated with the cell membranes of a subset of antigen...
6797276 Use of penetration enhancers and barrier disruption agents to enhance the transcutaneous immune response  
A transcutaneous immunization system where the topical application of an adjuvant and an antigen or nucleic acid encoding for an antigen, to intact skin induces a ystemic or mucosol antibody...
6797721 Phorboxazole derivatives for treating cancer  
Synthetic Phorboxazole A and derivatives thereof for the treatment of cancer, including inhibition of cancer cell growth, induction of apoptosis, and inhibition of metastises.
6790457 Compositions and methods for reducing or preventing fertilization in fish and birds  
Disclosed is an immunocontraceptive vaccine composition comprising a teleost homolog of zona pellucida (TH-ZP), together with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier, for reducing or...
6790443 Method for treating symptoms of diabetes  
The present invention provides a method for treating symptoms of diabetes in a diabetic subject which comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent which...
6790450 Use of coxiella bacteria to treat autoimmune disease  
Therapeutic compositions including a species of Coxiella or one or more antigenic components therefrom or analogous or homologous components thereof are disclosed. These compositions are useful in...
6790661 System for detecting bacteria in blood, blood products, and fluids of tissues  
The invention provides methods for screening for the presence of a clinically relevant amount of bacteria in donor blood or a blood product from a donor mammal, particularly blood or a blood...
6787154 Artificial antigen presenting cells  
The present invention is directed to artificial antigen presenting cells and methods of making artificial antigen presenting cells. Such artificial antigen presenting cells may be used in certain...
6783764 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae subunit vaccine  
The present invention relates to live attenuated bacteria of the genus Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae that have a mutation in an apxIV gene such that no functional ApxIV toxin can be produced....
6780420 Carrier protein having an adjuvant effect, immunogenic complex containing it, process for their preparation, nucleotide sequence and vaccine  
The invention relates to an adjuvant product which is intended to improve the activity of a molecule when administered to a host, characterized in that it comprises at least one part of the P40...
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,...
6773707 Heat shock protein-based vaccines and immunotherapies  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for inducing an immune response in a subject, wherein the subject is administered an effective amount of a heat shock protein complexed to...
6770260 Method preventing depletion of non-autologous hematopoietic cells and animal model systems for use thereof  
The invention provides methods for preventing depletion of non-autologous hematopoietic cells. Animal model systems using the method are also provided as are methods of treatment using...
6764682 Adjuvant compositions containing more than one adjuvant  
Adjuvant compositions for modulating an immune response to an antigen administered to a host comprise a mineral salt adjuvant and at least one other adjuvant. The compositions provide an...
6764688 Method for inducing immunosuppressive cells and a culture device to be used therefor  
The present invention provides a method for inducing immunosuppressive cells by cultivating human cells with the use of a culture device having an affinity for protein and the culture device to be...
6764845 Excipients for use in adeno-associated virus pharmaceutical formulations, and pharmaceutical formulations made therewith  
Stable pharmaceutical compositions comprising recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions are described. The compositions provide protection against loss of recombinant AAV vector genomes and...
6764689 High level expression and facile purification of proteins, peptides and conjugates for immunization, purification and detection applications  
A process for producing and purifying peptides and for producing peptide/protein antigens for antibody production is described. The process utilizes fusion proteins and specifically fusion proteins...
6761914 Immunogenic formulations comprising oil bodies  
The present invention provides novel adjuvants which comprise oil bodies. The invention also provides vaccine formulations comprising oil bodies and an antigen and methods for preparing the...
6756044 Antigenic complexes and methods  
The present invention provides a complex that includes a virion having a ligand that recognizes an epitope present on an immune effector cell surface and at least a first nucleic acid encoding a...
6756038 Agonist and antagonist peptides of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)  
The present invention relates to the preparation and use of peptides that act as agonists and antagonists of human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). Agonists of the CEA peptide, CAP1, are disclosed...
6752996 Use of parapox PP30 protein to modify immune responses to administered antigens  
The Parapox B2L virus envelope protein is used as an adjuvant to enhance a subject's response to an administered antigen. Both antibody and cellular immune responses can be modified. B2L protein is...
6752995 Nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences useful as adjuvants  
In the present invention parapox genomes were screened using a novel expression strategy to test genes for dendritic cell recruitment activity. One gene was identified, designated as B2WL, that...
6746676 Chlamydia proteins and their uses  
Certain Chlamydia proteins have been found to be infection-specific and to be associated primarily with the vegetative Reticulate Body form of Chlamydia rather than with the refractile Elementary...
6746677 Stable vaccine compositions for parenteral administration, a method for their use, and a process for their preparation  
The invention relates to certain stable vaccine compositions comprising a macrocyclic lactone compound, a milbemycin compound, an avermectin compound or mixtures thereof; at least one antigen; a...
6737513 Macrophage derived chemokine (MDC) and chemokine analogs and assay to identify modulators of MDC activity, and therapeutic uses for same  
The present invention provides purified and isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding a novel human macrophage-derived C-C chemokine designated Macrophage Derived Chemokine (MDC), and polypeptide...
6737066 HIV immunogenic compositions and methods  
The invention provides immunogenic compositions which enhance β-chemokine levels in a mammal. The immunogenic compositions contain an HIV antigen, an isolated nucleic acid molecule containing an...
6733764 Immunostimulator anti-cancer compounds and methods for their use in the treatment of cancer  
The present invention comprises a method for the treatment of cancerous tumors in mammals comprising the administration of an effective amount of an immunostimulator which enhances and potentiates...
6733763 Induction of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses  
Methods and compositions useful for inducing a cytotoxic T lymphocyte response (CTL) in a human or domesticated or agriculturally important animal. The method includes the steps of providing the...
6723329 Use of parapox B2L protein to modify immune responses to administered antigens  
The Parapox B2L virus envelope protein is used as an adjuvant to enhance a subject's response to an administered antigen. Both antibody and cellular immune responses can be modified. B2L protein is...