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7601863 Use of PPAR agonists for the treatment of congestive heart failure  
The invention describes the use of PPAR agonists of the formulae (I) or (II) for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF).
7513903 Organ culture in situ  
A method of increasing blood supply to an ischemic area with a cultured vessel in situ, comprising: 1) selecting a narrow artery responsible to an ischemic area; 2) selecting a vein drawing blood...
7479278 Troponin I polypeptide fragments and uses thereof  
Polypeptides corresponding to stable, circulating degradation products of troponin I (TnI) are described. The fragments comprise a sequence of the N-terminus of native cardiac TnI with 95-115 amino...
7144588 Method of preventing surgical adhesions  
The present invention relates to a method and composition for preventing surgical adhesions during surgery. Tissue surfaces and/or surgical articles involved in the surgery are separated by a...
7067276 Method of using metaloporphyrins for treatment of arteriosclerotic lesions  
A method for treating arteriosclerotic lesions is provided wherein the method is characterized by administering a chemical compound to the patient, the compound being a porphyrin complexed with a...
7022348 Method of creating biological and biosynthetic material for implantation  
A method of creating an implantation material from biological and tissue engineered biosynthetic and biological tissue of autogenic, allogenic and xenogenic origin suitable for implantation into...
7014655 Method for conserving biological prostheses, conserved biological prostheses and conserving solutions  
The invention concerns a method of conserving biological prostheses, wherein the method includes the following steps: (a) treating biological prostheses with a solution which contains a mixture of...
6933278 Treatment of hypertension using growth hormone in mammals subjected to fetal programming  
Embodiments of this invention include methods for decreasing hypertension in mammals subjected to adverse cardiovascular fetal programming or a long-term adverse postnatal environment. Fetal...
6881546 Compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases and disorders, and for identifying agents therapeutic therefor  
Methods and compositions are disclosed that are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular and cardiac diseases and disorders, or damage resulting from surgical or medical...
6849262 Vascular coating composition  
This invention relates to methods of coating the lumenal surface of a blood vessel, or other tissue cavity, and to compositions suitable for use in same.
6790634 Methods and compositions relating to phosphorylated myosin light chain 1  
Two novel phosphorylation sites of myosin light chain 1 (MLC 1 ) are described. Methods of monitoring phosphorylation of MLC 1 to identify new cardiac and skeletal muscle protective agents,...
6690970 Biological pacemaker and implantation catheter  
A biological pacemaker and implantation catheter for restoring normal or near normal heartbeat function without a mechanical pacemaker. The biological pacemaker is provided by a bridge of...
6673832 Methods for identifying compounds for treating pain  
The invention provides a method of determining whether a compound alleviates vasoconstriction-independent nerve pain mediated by endothelin-1 (ET-1). The method involves (i) determining whether the...
6573061 Sarcomere protein composition  
The present invention provides high throughput screening systems for identifying compounds that modulate the biological activity of a biochemically functional sarcomere. The method can be performed...
6544946 Inhibitors for use in hemostasis and immune function  
The present invention relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide molecules for use as inhibitors in hemostasis and immune function. Such inhibitors are members of the family of proteins bearing a...
6537567 Tissue-engineered tubular construct having circumferentially oriented smooth muscle cells  
Improved methods for the production of tissue-engineered constructs, including muscular tissue constructs such as vascular constructs, are disclosed. The methods include the use of improved...
6521244 Body filling material  
A body filling agent is formed of a collagen in the form of powder, fiber or gel, and at least one kind of implantable particles selected from a group consisting of implantable polymer and...
6503540 Cloning and characterization of bves, a novel gene expressed in heart and uses thereof  
The present invention is directed to cloning and characterization of bves (blood vessel/epicardial substance), a cDNA expressed in developing and adult heart and skeletal muscle cells in chick,...
6479079 Anticalcification treatments for fixed biomaterials  
A method for treating biomaterial is provided in which a biological tissue, typically after being cross-linked, is contacted with an anticalcification treatment solution under condition effective...
6368614 Biological material, method of preparing such materials  
A biological material is prepared for use in ophthalmology by steps of providing animal pericardium, subjecting the animal pericardium to multiple steps of freezing and thawing in a salt solution...
6368573 Diagnostic uses of 2-substituted adenosine carboxamides  
The present invention discloses a method for measuring myocardial function in a mammal in need of such measurement by: a) administering 2-substituted adenosine carboxamide derivatives at a dosage...
6268336 Pharmaceutical composition for treatment of hepatic diseases  
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of hepatic diseases which comprises erythropoietin as an active ingredient to reduce excess iron ions in the liver of a...
6248933 Cellular basis of vascular-graft stenosis  
A mouse model for vein graft stenosis useful for identifying compounds which reduce or prevent such stenosis, consisting of a mouse engrafted with an autogenous vein which exhibits detectable...
6238429 Biologic cabling  
A length of living conductive cells may be injected directly or may be grown to be attached to a fibrous matrix of material that provides for flexible structure so as to deliver a stimulation...
6231879 Biocompatible devices with foam scaffolds  
This invention is directed to methods of manufacturing implantable biocompatible cell encapsulation devices, wherein the cell encapsulation devices have a jacket made of a permeable, biocompatible...
6203818 Nutritional supplement for cardiovascular health  
A nutritional supplement for improving cardiovascular health via aiding in preventing, delaying the onset of and/or slowing the progression of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, the...
6190916 Troponin I composition  
The present invention relates to stable compositions useful as primary standards and calibrators and controls comprising a cardiac troponin I (cTnI) such as native, recombinant, addition and...
6114180 Synthetic calibrators for use in immunoassays, comprising the analytes or partial sequences thereof which are conjugated to inert carrier molecules  
The invention relates to synthetic calibrators for immunological tests, analyte-specific epitopes being coupled to other proteins or to synthetic carriers.
5851554 Purified cardiac troponin I  
A method is provided for isolating substantially intact cardiac troponin I from cardiac tissue comprising extracting the, troponin I and purifying it in the presence of an effective amount of a...
5733549 Peptides including amino acid sequences selected from lipoprotein (a) and apolipoprotein (a), antibodies recognizing these amino acid sequences, and methods of determination using these antibodies  
Amino acid sequences having specificity as lipoprotein (a) and low homology with LDL and plasminogen are selected from the amino acid sequence of lipoprotein (a), and antibodies to lipoprotein (a)...
5716787 Immunological detection method for organ transplant rejection  
Antibodies that are indicative of organ transplant rejection, for example, cardiac or kidney transplant rejection, and of associated pathological conditions, for example, accelerated (or...
5675062 Cellular basis of transplant arteriosclerosis in mice  
A mouse model for transplant arteriosclerosis useful for identifying compounds which reduce or prevent such arteriosclerosis, consisting of a mouse engrafted with a histoincompatible artery which...
5645587 Prevention of calcification and degeneration of biological tissue grafts for implantation in humans  
The present invention relates to chemical treatment for prevention of calcification and degeneration of biological tissue grafts used as a whole or in a part as heart valve substitutes, substitutes...
5560937 Method for purification of cardiac troponin I  
A method is provided for isolating substantially intact cardiac troponin I from cardiac tissue comprising extracting the troponin I and purifying it in the presence of an effective mount of a...
5558875 Method of preparing collagenous tissue  
A process of preparation of a collagenous prosthesis for removing cell membrane proteins from a biological collagenous tissue and preserving elasticity of the collagenous prosthesis comprises the...
5534615 Cardiac hypertrophy factor and uses therefor  
Isolated CHF, isolated DNA encoding CHF, and recombinant or synthetic methods of preparing CHF are disclosed. These CHF molecules are shown to influence hypertrophic activity and neurological...
5403914 Biological mediators of immune functions  
A chemotactic factor released from tissue in response to injury represents the initial signal that recruits neutrophils to the tissue. As released, the factor exists as a positively charged protein...
5198216 Performance enhancing compositions of matter, and methods of preparing and utilizing same  
A composition for enhancing the performance of animals, such as horses or dogs, is composed of adrenal and pituitary raw tissue concentrates, vitamin C, bioflavonoid complex, pantothenic acid,...
4908206 Extracts of embryonic organs, process for their preparation and pharmaceutical preparation containing them  
From organs of embryonic mammalia a new extract of active ingredients is recovered which extract can be used for controlling a reduced blood flow through periperhic organs and through the brain and...
4749522 Supercritical fluid extraction of animal derived materials  
Supercritical fluids (SCF) are found to be useful in extracting desired materials from animal tissues, cells, and organs. By varying the choice of SCF, experimental conditions, and animal source...
4647455 Process for extracting atrial natriuretic factor  
Diuretic and natriuretic extracts, at least partially characterized as peptides, have been obtained by homogenization of mammalian heart atria with an aqueous solution of a lower carboxylic acid....
4544552 Process for the preparation of cell and tissue regenerating substances  
Glycolipids having cell- and tissue-regenerating properties are isolated from the blood or organ homogenates of mammals by subjecting the starting material to autolysis and dialysis against an...
4515778 Preparation for conditioning and grooming the hair  
The present invention provides a preparation for conditioning and grooming the hair. The active ingredients are vegetable lecithins, as well as cytochromes, phosphatidyl inositols, phosphatides and...
4485096 Tissue-equivalent and method for preparation thereof  
A tissue-equivalent, useful in the treatment of burns or other skin wounds and in the fabrication of prostheses, is disclosed which is prepared from a hydrated collagen lattice contracted by a...
4374830 Platelet aggregating material from equine arterial tissue  
Novel hemostatic agent comprises equine arterial fibrillar collagen in a carrier. The agent is useful for the aggregation of platelets for clinical diagnostic tests and for the clotting of blood,...
4347243 Acid soluble, pepsin resistant platelet aggregating material  
Acid soluble, pepsin resistant, platelet aggregating material isolated from equine arterial tissue by extraction with dilute aqueous acid, method of isolation and use to control bleeding.
RE30239 Cell proliferation and tissue invasion inhibitor  
A composition of matter having activity as an inhibitor of cell proliferation and tissue invasion is obtained by aqueous extraction of tissue having a high content of collagen and/or proteoglycans.
4042457 Preparation of tissue invasion inhibitor and method of treatment utilizing the inhibitor  
A composition of matter having activity as an inhibitor of cell proliferation is obtained by aqueous extraction of tissue having a high content of collagen and/or proteoglycans.
3691274 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A HEART EXTRACT  
The invention provides myocardiotonic compositions comprising a non-specific heart extract and one or more of adenosine-triphosphoric acid or salt thereof, aspartic acid or a salt thereof, and...
3676551 PROCESS FOR OBTAINING EXTRACTS FROM ANIMAL TISSUES  
Extracts of animal organs, useful in opotherapy, are prepared by removing from the organ aseptically collected immediately after slaughtering the animal, foreign matter, debris and fat. The...
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