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7591996 Ultrasound target vessel occlusion using microbubbles  
Selective occlusion of a blood vessel is achieved by selectively damaging endothelial cells at a target location in the blood vessel, resulting in the formation of a fibrin clot proximate to the...
7591997 Method for determining the susceptibility of a subject to infection  
A method for determining the susceptibility of a subject to infection, which method comprises: (i) providing a sample from said subject; (ii) detecting any LL-37 present in said sample; (iii)...
7588887 Stable isotope metabolic labeling for analysis of biopolymers  
Methods for the determination of the rate of synthesis of biopolymer synthesis and degradation in cells, tissues, or cell-free systems using monomer which has been labeled with a stable isotope are...
7588751 Liposome-containing radiographic contrast medium and preparation method thereof  
A method of pereparing a rediographic contrast medium containing liposomes is disclosed, comprising (a) dissolving a phospholipid and a sterol in a supercritical or subcritical carbon dioxide in...
7585492 Biomolecular contrast agents for therapy success and dose monitoring in radiation therapy with proton or ion beams  
A bio-molecular contrast agent (BMCA) is introduced into a biological organism such that the agent binds or reacts with target tissue within that organism. The BMCA is also signal-giving, and...
7586020 Methods for determining effects of maternal treatments on offspring  
The present invention provides animal models and methods for the evaluation of maternal treatments that could improve or compromise the epigenetic state, the imprinting, or the DNA methylation and...
7582603 Method for treating or inhibiting intestinal inflammation  
Peptide antagonists of zonulin are disclosed, as well as methods for the use of the same. The peptide antagonists bind to the zonula occludens receptor, yet do not physiologically modulate the...
7582280 Conjugates of antioxidants with metal chelating ligands for use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications  
The invention provides radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, conjugates of antioxidants with metal chelating ligands, intermediate compounds, methods of making such...
7582281 Ethylenedicysteine (EC)-drug conjugates compositions and methods for tissue specific disease imaging  
The invention provides, in a general sense, a new labeling strategy employing 99m Tc chelated with ethylenedicysteine (EC). EC is conjugated with a variety of ligands and chelated to 99m Tc for...
7579005 Process for recombinant expression and purification of antimicrobial peptides using periplasmic targeting signals as precipitable hydrophobic tags  
A process was developed for expressing antimicrobial peptides in a recombinant host cell that eliminates host cell toxicity and antimicrobial peptide degradation, as well as providing a process for...
7579322 Compositions and methods for promoting myocardial and peripheral angiogenesis  
Methods, compositions and devices are disclosed for use in growing new blood vessels to restore or improve blood flow to ischemic tissues and organs of the body. Compositions comprising IGD...
7579012 Targeting of triacylglycerol synthase gene for tuberculosis treatment  
Disclosed herein are novel methods for screening for compounds useful in treating or preventing tuberculosis. In exemplary embodiments, screening methods are based on the implementation or...
7579009 Whole bacterial cells as immune modulator  
An immune modulator composition and/or pharmaceutical composition comprising a whole cell of a bacterium from the genera Rhodococcus, Gordonia, Nocardia, Dietzia, Tsukamurella and Nocardioides ,...
7575877 Method of diagnosing tuberculosis  
The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing tuberculosis in a subject, said method comprising steps of: detecting anti- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.) isocitrate dehydrogenase...
7575928 Genes for diagnosing colorectal cancer  
This invention relates to provide the genes for diagnosing colorectal cancer, the gene sequences searching comprise the steps of: (1) deriving epithelium cells from normal intestines, polypus of...
7576181 Method of administering porcine B-domainless fVIII  
The present invention provides a method of administering porcine B-domainless factor VIII (OBI-1) to a patient having factor VIII deficiency to provide more rapid and effective protection against...
7572457 Use of Streptococcus suis 38 kDa polypeptide as an immunogen  
Disclosed are methods, compositions, and kits for inducing polyclonal antibodies against one or more pathogens that include Streptococcus suis . The methods may include administering to an animal...
7572903 Method of regulation of bacterial persister status  
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method of controlling persister status in a bacterial cell population comprising the step of modulating the expression of native chromosomal sequences...
7572434 Method for assessing the effect of a drug on long term memory formation  
Methods of assessing the effect of a drug on long term memory and for screening a pharmaceutical agent for its ability to modulate long term memory are disclosed.
7569223 Phage-associated lytic enzymes for treatment of Streptococcus pneumoniae and related conditions  
The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions and articles of manufacture useful for the treatment of Streptococcus pneumonia bacteria and spores, and related conditions. The disclosure...
7569536 Method for controlling SR protein phosphorylation, and antiviral agents whose active ingredients comprise agents that control SR protein activity  
The present invention provides: (1) antiviral agents that act by reducing or inhibiting the activity of SR proteins, more specifically, (i) antiviral agents that act by enhancing dephosphorylation...
7570411 Optical limiter having trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerence films  
An exemplary optical limiter device ( 100 ) has an optically transmissive substrate ( 102 ) and a layer ( 104 ) on a first surface ( 106 ) of the substrate, the layer having a trimetallic nitride...
7569209 Method for diagnosis of sepsis by determination of S100B  
Method for early differential diagnosis and detection, for prognosis and for assessing the severity and for therapy-accompanying assessment of the course of sepsis and sepsis-like systemic...
7569229 Monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor  
The invention relates to an anti-inflammatory oligopeptide which can be obtained from the microorganism Entamoeba histolytica or synthesized by known methods. The oligopeptides are useful in...
7566444 Versatile hydrophilic dyes  
Dye-peptide conjugates useful for diagnostic imaging and therapy are disclosed. The dye-peptide conjugates include several cyanine dyes with a variety of bis- and tetrakis(carboxylic acid)...
7566547 Gene 763 of phytopathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea and use thereof for identifying fungicidal compounds  
The invention concerns a novel nucleic acid fragment of the genome of rice pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea comprising a gene coding for a protein (hereafter referred to as gene 763) whereof...
7566459 Modified mycobacterium tuberculosis strains and uses thereof  
The present invention features modified Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains which lack a functional lspA gene, and vaccine formulations comprising the same. In many embodiments, a modified ...
7566443 Method for diagnosis of chronic allograft rejection  
The present invention provides a method for the diagnosis of chronic rejection in allografts. The method comprises identification of tertiary lymphoid organs (TLO) in the transplanted organs as a...
7560095 Cancer specific monoclonal antibodies  
Novel monoclonal antibodies and binding fragments thereof specific to human breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer and other cancers. The monoclonal antibody does not bind to the cell surface of...
7560432 In situ method for treatment and repair of meniscal injuries  
A method for in situ repair of meniscal injuries comprising induction of meniscal repair and regeneration by introducing an adhesive collagen-polyethylene glycol (PEG) hydrogel to a site of injury...
7560096 Diagnostic procedures using direct injection of gaseous hyperpolarized 129Xe and associated systems and products  
A method of screening for pulmonary embolism uses gaseous phase polarized 129 Xe which is injected directly into the vasculature of a subject. The gaseous 129 Xe can be delivered in a controlled...
7560229 Methods of use of the enzymes of mycothiol synthesis  
The present invention utilizes three families of bacterial enzymes, which play a key role in mycothiol biosynthesis. The three families are bacterial cysteine:glucosaminyl inositol ligases (MshC)...
7556810 Compositions and methods to control angiogenesis with cupredoxins  
The present invention relates to compositions comprising cupredoxins, and their use to inhibit angiogenesis in mammalian cells, tissues, and animals, and particularly the angiogenesis that...
7556796 Directed complementation  
A method of producing a tumorigenic mouse cell, the tumorigenicity of which depends on a recombinant gene of interest is disclosed. The method involves: (a) providing a conditionally tumorigenic...
7555329 Method and apparatus for quantifying pharyngeal residue  
A method and apparatus for quantifying pharyngeal residue and aspiration of a patient by x-ray imaging of the patient's head and neck to produce a baseline image, applying an initial volume of...
7555334 Small animal light intensity monitor  
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for collecting light emitted from an animal, where a luminescent reporter has been injected into the animal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a chamber for...
7553478 Methods for diagnosing and monitoring treatment ADHD by assessing the dopamine transporter level  
A method of diagnosing attention deficient-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a human patient by assessing the level of dopamine transporter in at least one region of the patient's central nervous...
7547506 Peptide-based fluorescence polarization assay for detection of antibodies to Mycobacterium bovis  
The present invention provides an assay for detection of M. bovis -infected animals. A tracer, comprising a peptide of M. bovis protein MPB70 conjugated to a fluorophore, is added to a serum...
7541140 Assessing risk for kidney stones using parathyroid hormone agonist and antagonist  
The present invention relates to identifying the risk of a subject developing renal stones utilizing an assessment of PTH agonist, antagonist and/or total PTH levels, optionally together with an...
7541157 Method of screening groups of radioactive molecules and applications thereof  
The invention relates to an amplification-free method of screening groups of radioactive molecules, comprising at least the following steps: (1) the group of molecules is administered to at least...
7541447 Process for the preparation of an improved Brucella strain plasmid to develop the strain and the vaccine comprising the said strain  
A Brucella bacterium is modified by partial or complete deletion of the pgm gene, rendering the bacterium incapable of synthesizing a key enzyme in the metabolism of bacterial sugars. A live...
7538208 Type III secretion pathway in Aeromonas salmonicida, and uses therefor  
Disclosed is a newly identified and characterized type III secretion system in Aeromonas salmonicida . The invention also encompasses the use of components of the novel secretion system in...
7538195 Anti-IGF-I receptor antibody  
Antibodies, humanized antibodies, resurfaced antibodies, antibody fragments, derivatized antibodies, and conjugates of these molecules with cytotoxic agents, which specifically bind to and inhibit...
7534419 Methods of diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis  
A method of detecting osteoporosis in a mammalian is disclosed herein which includes: a) obtaining a sample of a bone related tissue or cells; and b) measuring the concentration of at least a...
7534418 Imaging agents  
The present invention provides novel compounds that find use as imaging agents within nuclear medicine applications (e.g., PET imaging and SPECT imaging). The present invention also provides...
7534437 Helminth-derived antigens having capacity of providing protection against parasites  
The primary objective of the present invention is the development of new mutant forms of the Sm14 protein, for producing a greater production volume. The recombinant proteins here obtained were...
7531163 Enrichment methods for the detection of pathogens and other microbes  
The present invention provides novel enrichment, testing and detection methods for detection of pathogens or other microbes in a food, water, wastewater, industrial, pharmaceutical, botanical,...
7531164 Preventing bacterial or viral infectivity and composition containing infection preventing additive  
A nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor or nitric oxide scavenger is administered to prevent development of infection, to prevent development of a cancer where overstimulation of a receptor contributes...
7531513 Therapeutic preparation of very high purity FVIIa and method for obtaining same  
The therapeutic preparation of FVIIa having a purity of at least 1000 IU/mg of protein is characterized in that said preparation is free of proteins of non-human origin. In the method for obtaining...
7531323 Diabetes-mediating proteins and therapeutic uses thereof  
Provided are protective and deleterious diabetes-mediating proteins and polynucleotides encoding same, transgenic animals expressing a diabetes-mediating protein, drug screening methods for...