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7438914 Composition and method for enhancing immune response  
A composition and method for enhancing immune response in a living organism is disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure provides an adjuvant peptide for use in raising an immune response to...
7431922 Bioadhesive directed somatic cell therapy  
The subject invention is related to a cell-mediated gene therapy treatment using a cell composition that includes bioadhesive material. The bioadhesive material allows targeted and localized...
7429375 Proteoglycan degrading mutants for the treatment of CNS  
The present disclosure relates to the preparation and deletion mutants of chondroitinase proteins and their use in methods for promoting the diffusion of therapeutic composition into tissues and...
7427602 Sustained DNA delivery from structural matrices  
Disclosed are particular 3-dimensional structural matrices containing nucleic acids, various fabrication processes and methods for the prolonged release of nucleic acids in various biological...
7427396 AAV vectors for gene delivery to the lung  
Methods of making and using recombinant AAV vectors and virions for gene delivery to the lung are described. The recombinant AAV virions are derived from caprine AAV and bovine AAV, both of which...
7425410 Methods for diagnosing a bipolar disorder and unipolar disorder  
Changes that occur in Na+K+ ATPase regulation and therefore in the membrane potential in cells from bipolar individuals, as compared to cells from unaffected control individuals, are utilized to...
7422746 Chemically programmable immunity  
Methods and compositions for immediately immunizing an individual against any molecule or compound. The present invention comprises an immunity linker with at least two sites; (1) at least one...
7422736 Somatic pluripotent cells  
The present invention discloses a cultured somatic animal cell having a normal karyotype; the cell develops into an embryoid body when induced in vitro, or develops into a teratoma when introduced...
7419661 Dermal sheath tissue in wound healing  
The invention concerns the use of dermal sheath tissue and/or cells derived therefrom in wound healing systems. Specifically, the relevant features of this tissue type have been exploited to...
7419829 Vector system  
The present invention provides a vector system comprising a mutated post-transcriptional regulatory element. In particular, the present invention relates to a mutated WPRE sequence that can...
7413732 Baculovirus expression system  
The application relates for method for cloning the gene comprising the steps of: 1. Providing a replication-deficient baculovirus vector, 2. Providing a rescue vector comprising (a) nucleic acid...
7413728 Immune modulator  
Use of an immune modulator composition and/or pharmaceutical composition comprising a whole cell of a bacterium from the genera Rhodococcus, Gordonia, Nocardia, Dietzia, Tsukamurella and ...
7413901 Method of forming vertebrate pancreas in vitro  
The present invention provides a pancreas induced in vitro that is useful for developmental engineering and organ engineering, and a method wherein a pancreas induced in vitro which contributes to...
7413733 Antigen transduced T cells used as a delivery system for antigens  
A delivery system comprising a T cell comprising at least one antigen capable of loading antigen-presenting-cells with the antigen.
7410637 Transgenic algae for delivering antigens to an animal  
Delivery systems and methods are provided for delivering a biologically active protein to a host animal. The systems and methods provided include obtaining an algal cell transformed by an...
7410787 Diagnosis of Whipple's disease  
The invention relates to a method for in vitro seriological diagnosis of Whipple's disease, whereby the bacteria responsible for the disease are isolated and established in a culture and brought...
7407805 Skin substitutes with improved barrier function  
The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin substitutes, and in particular to in vitro cultured skin substitutes that have improved barrier function. In some embodiments, improved...
7404950 Induced activation in dendritic cell  
The present invention is directed to a composition and method which to treat diseases and to enhance a regulated immune response. More particularly, the present invention is drawn to compositions...
7405292 Cellular genes regulated by HIV-1 infection and methods of use thereof  
This invention provides cellular gene products which have anti-apoptotic activity in HIV-1 infected cells and provides agents for the inhibition of the cellular gene products.
7402306 Cancer immunotherapy with semi-allogeneic cells  
The present invention relates to improved semi-allogeneic immunogenic cells which act to stimulate and induce an immunological response when administered to an individual. In particular, it relates...
7402429 Host cells comprising cDNA corresponding to the antigenome of nonsegmented negative strand RNA viruses, further encoding antigenically active proteins  
The present invention relates, in general, to a methodology for the generation or nonsegmented negative-strand RNA viruses (Pringle, 1991) from cloned deoxyribonucleic acid (cDNA). Such rescued...
7399476 Nucleic acid free ghost preparations  
The invention relates to preparations of bacterial ghosts which are substantially free of living bacterial cells and/or nucleic acids and their use in pharmaceutical preparations.
7399750 Methods for cardiac gene transfer  
Methods for the delivery of genes to improve cardiac function including the use of viral vectors, isolation of the heart from systemic circulation, and induction of hypothermia/cardiac arrest are...
7396528 Corneal cells expressing active agents and methods of use thereof  
The invention relates to methods of modifying cells of corneal tissue to express an active agent, to modified corneal tissue, to vectors utilised in such methods and to methods of xeno- and...
7396537 Cell delivery patch for myocardial tissue engineering  
A patch for cardiac tissue engineering includes a gel layer supported by an intermediate layer, which is attached to a reinforcement layer. These patches may be implanted in a heart to treat...
7396822 Immunogenic minicells and methods of use  
The disclosed invention relates to immunogenic minicells cells (anucleated) and their use to induce an immune response from a subject.
7393525 Method for introducing and expressing genes in animal cells, and live invasive bacterial vectors for use in the same  
A method for introducing and expressing genes in animal cells is disclosed comprising infecting said the animal cells with live invasive bacteria, wherein bacteria contain a eukaryotic expression...
7393524 Baculovirus vectors comprising a capsid polypeptide fused to a GNRH polypeptide  
The invention relates to a genetically engineered baculovirus wherein said virus is engineered to target therapeutic agents to cells, typically cancer cells, for example prostate cancer cells.
7393526 Systemic gene delivery vehicles for the treatment of tumors  
The present invention relates to the field of cellular and molecular therapy with modified (genetically or growth factor engineered) and unmodified stem cells (SCs). More particularly, the...
7393527 Method for limiting the growth of cancer cells using an attenuated measles virus  
A method for treating cancer cells is provided comprising directly or systemically administering a therapeutically effective dose of an attenuated measles virus. In one embodiment, the...
7393541 Mycobacterial vaccine  
Compositions and methods for enhancing the immunity of a subject or vaccinating a subject against mycobacterial infections are disclosed. The invention provides compositions comprising formalin...
7390482 Drug for auditory dysfunction  
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation for hearing impairment, which is suitable for gene therapy of hearing impairment, that is, a pharmaceutical preparation for hearing...
7390483 Universal GM-CSF expressing bystander human K562 cell line  
The present invention provides a universal immunomodulatory cytokine-expressing bystander cell line, a composition comprising such a cell line and a cancer antigen, a method of making such a cell...
7387894 Recombinant viral-based malaria vaccines  
The present invention relates to novel vaccines against malaria infections, based on recombinant viral vectors, such as alpha viruses, adenoviruses or vaccinia viruses. The recombinant viral-based...
7387773 Vaccine  
The invention provides a vaccine comprising secreted protein derived from Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis ( M. ptb ) substantially free of whole organisms of that species either dead...
7384627 Antitumor agents with the use of HSV  
It is intended to provide highly safe antitumor agents which exhibit an antitumor effect on human remote tumors such as metastatic tumors too and by which an antitumor immune reaction enabling an...
7378078 Compositions and methods for detecting proteolytic activity  
The invention provides compositions and methods for non-invasive imaging of enzyme (e.g., protease) activity in cells, tissues and organs and entire bodies in vitro, in vivo and in situ. The...
7374753 Probiotic lactic acid bacterium to treat bacterial infections associated with SIDS  
Compositions including a non-pathogenic lactic acid-producing bacteria, such as a Bacillus species, spores or an extracellular product of B. coagulans , formulated for oral administration to the...
7374752 Reovirus for the treatment of cellular proliferative disorders  
Methods for treating proliferative disorders, by administering reovirus to a Ras-mediated proliferative disorder, are disclosed. The reovirus is administered so that it ultimately directly contacts...
7364725 Endothelial cells engineered to express or overexpress fibulin-5 and a growth factor  
The present invention relates to endothelial and smooth muscle cells genetically altered to express or over-express one or more cell adhesion factors. The invention further relates to cells...
7364740 Molecular differences between species of the M. tuberculosis complex  
Specific genetic deletion are identified in mycobacteria isolates, including variations in the M. tuberculosis genome sequence between isolates, and numerous deletion present in BCG as compared...
7361354 Methods for treating malignancies expressing ICAM-1 using coxsackie a group viruses  
There is disclosed a method of killing abnormal cells such as malignant cells including melanoma cells, using a virus recognizing at least one of a cell adhesion molecule and a complement...
7361359 Neospora caninum isolate  
The present invention relates to a novel Neospora caninum isolate from Nowra and extracts thereof. The strain is useful in the development of diagnostic assays for the detection of parasites in...
7361332 Treating tumors using implants comprising combinations of allogeneic cells  
This invention provides methods and compositions for treating tumors. The cell population is made up of alloactivated lymphocytes from the patient or from one or more third-party donors that are...
7361334 Method of treatment of diabetes through induction of immunological tolerance  
A method of creating tolerance to transplanted cells, tissue, or organs without the need for continuous immunosuppression. A tolerizing dose of a cell or tissue within a membrane structure is...
7361639 Gene therapy agent for Haemophilia B and its preparation method  
The invention relates to site-specific integrating expression vectors for therapy Hemophilia B and to methods of preparing them. A vector of the invention contains a human Factor IX gene in a...
7361497 Probiotic bacteria  
Strains of probiotic bacteria, their isolation, characteristics and methods of use to prevent or treat carriage by a food production animal of Salmonella that causes human salmonellosis are...
7361333 Prevention of diabetes through induction of immunological tolerance  
A method of creating tolerance to transplanted cells, tissue, or organs without the need for continuous immunosuppression. A tolerizing dose of a cell or tissue within a membrane structure is...
7354749 Decellularisation of matrices  
A method of preparing matrices or tissue engineered biomaterials for implantation, and in particular to a method of improving decellularisation of matrices or tissue engineered biomaterials prior...
7347997 Method of using a feedstuff additive  
Microorganism of the genus Eubacterium , and its obtainment and use, which is suitable in pure culture, DSM 11798, and/or mixed culture with the strain Enterococcus casseliflavus , DSM 11799, or...