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7618623 Hybrid adeno-retroviral vector for the transfection of cells  
An adenovirus, including adenoviral capsid proteins, and a replication-defective adenoviral vector that includes a 5′ retroviral LTR nucleic acid sequence, a 3′ retroviral LTR nucleic acid...
7615686 Expression and use of novel pesticidal toxins  
A novel pesticidal toxin isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis that is highly active against a wide range of lepidopteran insect pests is disclosed. The DNA encoding the pesticidal toxin can be...
7612164 Cardiac muscle function and manipulation  
This invention relates to polypeptides which affect myocardial cell differentiation and organisation of cardiac muscle contractile units, assay for identifying such polypeptides, and methods for...
7608256 Methods to increase transgene expression from bacterial-based delivery systems by co-expressing suppressors of the eukaryotic type I interferon response  
Bacterial delivery systems with improved transgene expression are provided. The recombinant bacterial delivery systems deliver transgenes of interest and suppressors of the eukaryotic Type I...
7608255 Replication-competent anti-cancer vectors  
Novel vectors which are replication competent in neoplastic cells and which overexpress an adenovirus death protein are disclosed. Some of the disclosed vectors are replication-restricted to...
7601345 Lentivirus vectors for gene transfer to alveolar epithelial cells  
The present invention demonstrates that VSV-G-pseudotyped lentivirus vectors efficiently transduce AEC in primary culture and in vivo with transduction favored by virus application from the apical...
7601342 Cell fusions and methods of making and using the same  
The invention is concerned with fusions of dendritic cells and antigen presenting cells. Also provided are methods of making and using these cell fusions, including methods of adoptive...
7598078 Settings for recombinant adenoviral-based vaccines  
The present invention provides new uses of recombinant adenoviral vectors in vaccination regimens, such as prime/boost set-ups and subsequent vaccinations and applications for gene therapy....
7592149 Nucleic acid and corresponding protein entitled 184P1E2 useful in treatment and detection of cancer  
A novel gene (designated 184P1E2) and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 184P1E2 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly...
7592013 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...
7588757 Methods of treating Parkinson's disease using recombinant adeno-associated virus virions  
Methods for treating Parkinson's disease (PD) are provided. Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) virions are used to deliver genes encoding dopamine-synthesizing enzymes to the central nervous...
7588756 Treatment of cardiac power failure  
The invention relates to medicaments for treating cardiac power failure. The medicaments contain a therapeutically effective quantity of one or more S100 protein(s) or one or more mutant or...
7585657 Signal for packaging of influenza virus vector  
The invention provides a packaging (incorporation) signal for influenza virus vectors, and methods of using the signal to transmit and maintain influenza viral and foreign nucleic acid in virus and...
7585498 Regulation of adenovirus DNA packaging by IPTG  
The present invention relates to recombinant Adenoviruses (Ad) which function as helper viruses to gutted Ad viruses lacking viral coding sequences. The recombinant Ad of the present invention...
7585497 Induction of apoptosis and cell growth inhibition by protein 4.33  
There is disclosed an isolated cDNA sequence (SEQ ID NO:1) encoding a P4.33 polypeptide and comprising a coding region (SEQ ID NO:2) of the sequence described in SEQ ID NO:1, or a sequence having...
7582614 Use of myxoma virus for the therapeutic treatment of cancer and chronic viral infection  
The present invention relates to therapeutic use of Myxoma virus. Myxoma virus can selectively infect cells that have a deficient innate anti-viral response, including cells that are not responsive...
7582478 Cleaved serum response factor in cardiac diagnosis and therapy  
The present invention is directed to the cleavage of serum response factor as it relates to cardiac disease. In specific embodiments, failing cardiac tissue is diagnosed in tissues comprising...
7582290 Packaging cell line for diphtheria toxin expressing non-replicating adenovirus  
The invention provides a packaging cell line for production of diphtheria toxin (DT) expressing, non-replicating adenovirus for use in suicide gene therapy of cancer cells, as well as production of...
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...
7572438 Mutant having uracil phosphoribosyl transferase activity  
The invention concerns a polypeptide having a uracil phosphoribosyl transferase (UPRTase) by mutation of one or several residues of the UPRTase. The invention also concerns a nucleotide sequence...
7569552 DNA vaccines against tumor growth and methods of use therof  
A DNA vaccine suitable for eliciting an immune response against cancer cells comprises a polynucleotide construct operably encoding an a Fra-1 protein, such as a polyubiquitinated human Fra-1...
7569219 Recombinant double-stranded RNA phage, and use of the same  
A recombinant double stranded RNA (dsRNA) phage expresses dsRNA-encoded genes in eukaryote cells. Recombinant dsRNA phage are useful for the expression of dsRNA expression cassettes encoding...
7569218 Compositions for and methods of using herpes simplex virus glycoprotein D to suppress immune responses  
Methods of delivering a desired polypeptide to an individual are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the individual an immunogenic vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding the desired...
7569217 Porcine adenovirus E1 and E4 regions  
The present invention relates to the characterization of the porcine adenovirus E1 and E4 regions. The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of porcine adenovirus type 3 (PAV-3), providing the...
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 ...
7563777 Method to induce neovascular formation and tissue regeneration  
The present invention relates, e.g., to a method for inducing arteriogenesis, lymphangiogenesis, vasculogenesis, or cardiomyogenesis, and/or for inducing mitosis or proliferation of a smooth muscle...
7563775 Insulin-responsive DNA binding protein-1 and methods to regulate insulin-responsive genes  
The present invention relates to the novel protein Insulin-Responsive DNA Binding Protein-1 (IRDBP-1) and nucleotide sequences that encode it. IRDBP-1 binds to nucleic acid regions of genes that...
7560613 Plant gene encoding trehalose metabolism enzymes  
This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding trehalose metabolism enzymes, more specifically, alpha, alpha-trehalase, alpha, alpha-trehalose-phosphate synthase or...
7560527 Modified adenovirus fibre and uses  
The invention concerns an adenovirus fiber modified by mutation of one or several residues of the region included between residues 491 and 505 of SEQ ID NO: 1, the viral particles or...
7556805 Compositions for treatment of melanoma and method of using same  
Melanoma can be treated in a mammalian subject by administering to the subject an immunologically-effective amount of a xenogeneic melanoma-associated differentiation antigen. For example, genetic...
7550148 Targeting of Herpes simplex virus to specific receptors  
The invention relates to engineered Herpes simplex virus (HSV) particles that are targeted to one or more specific binding pair members, such as receptors. Also, recombinant vectors for producing...
7550138 Plasmodium mutant and vaccines including the mutant  
The invention relates to the production of new Plasmodium mutants which are defective in the expression of the protein P36p. These mutants are unable to cause malaria, yet they can be used as...
7544669 Polynucleotide therapy  
This invention provides a method of treating or preventing a disease in an animal associated with one or more self-protein(s), -polypeptide(s), or -peptide(s) that is present or involved in a...
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...
7541179 Vector encoding human globin gene and use thereof in treatment of hemoglobinopathies  
Recombinant lentiviral vectors having a region encoding a functional β-globin gene; and large portions of the β-globin locus control regions which include DNase I hypersensitive sites HS2, HS3...
7541043 Vaccine for protection against Shigella sonnei disease  
Compositions and methods for protecting a susceptable host against an infection of Shigella sonnei are disclosed. Such compositions and methods are useful for protecting the host against...
7534613 Methods of treating parkinson's disease using viral vectors  
Methods of delivering viral vectors, particularly recombinant AAV virions, to the CNS are provided. Also provided are methods of treating Parkinson's Disease.
7534425 Animal model and cell-line expressing modified chlorine channel  
The present invention relates to a test system for the identification and testing of active compounds which act on synapic transmission (active compounds for treatment of neuronal diseases), which...
7531180 Chimeric alphavirus replicon particles  
Chimeric alphaviruses and alphavirus replicon particles are provided including methods of making and using same. Specifically, alphavirus particles are provided having nucleic acid molecules...
7531167 Herpes simplex virus vector  
The invention provides a herpes simplex virus vector comprising deletions in ICP4, ICP27, and UL55.
7524507 Recombinant microorganisms  
A method of enhancing expression of a desired protein at mucosal effector sites, the method including placing the protein to be expressed under the control of a promoter having SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID...
7524493 Nucleic acid constructs cells transformed therewith and methods utilizing same for inducing liver regeneration and alleviation of portal hypertension  
A method of inducing liver regeneration in a damaged liver tissue region of an individual is provided. The method including the step of providing at least two distinct growth factors to the damaged...
7521043 Gene therapy for tumors using minus-strand RNA viral vectors encoding immunostimulatory cytokines  
The present invention provides methods for treating tumors, which comprise the step of administering into tumor sites a minus-strand RNA viral vector encoding an immunostimulatory cytokine or cells...
7517866 LIM mineralization protein splice variants  
The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode LIM mineralization protein, or LMP. The invention further provides vectors comprising splice variants of nucleotide...
7517669 Gene regulation therapy involving ferritin  
A method is described for regulating gene expression related to iron metabolism to ameliorate diseases that include sickle cell disease, cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, Friedreich's ataxia and...
7517520 Packaging of immunostimulatory oligonucleotides into virus-like particles: method of preparation and use  
The invention relates to the finding that virus like particles (VLPs) can be loaded with immunostimulatory substances, in particular with DNA oligonucleotides containing non-methylated C and G...
7510706 Pseudotype retroviral vectors containing membrane proteins having hemagglutinin activity  
The present invention provides a retroviral vector containing a membrane protein having a hemagglutinin activity. The present inventors constructed a retroviral vector pseudotyped by the membrane...
7504100 Method for delivering a biological compound using neural progenitor cells derived from whole bone marrow  
A method is described for generating a clinically significant volume of neural progenitor cells from whole bone marrow. A mass of bone marrow cells may be grown in a culture supplemented with...
7501126 Targeting of herpes simplex virus to specific receptors  
The invention relates to engineered Herpes simplex virus (HSV) particles that are targeted to one or more specific receptors. Also, recombinant vectors for producing such HSV particles. By reducing...
7498024 Compositions and methods for enhanced expression of immunoglobulins from a single vector using a peptide cleavage site  
Single vector constructs for expression of an immunoglobulin molecule or fragment thereof and methods of making and using the same are described. The vectors comprise a self-processing cleavage...
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