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6841540 Immunomodulation by genetic modification of dendritic cells and B cells  
The present invention provides a CD40-targeted gene delivery system and a CD40-targeted recombinant adenoviral vector for genetic manipulation of dendritic cells and B cells. Also provided are...
6838446 Vector for expression of GPI-enzyme hybrid  
This invention relates particularly to gene directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) using post translational glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI addition to a prodrug activating enzyme to enable...
6838285 Site specific recombinase based method for producing adenoviral vectors  
Site-specific recombinase based methods for making a recombinant adenoviral genome, as well as kits for practicing the same and the recombinant adenovirus vectors produced thereby, are provided. In...
6838281 Cells expressing fusion proteins of immunoglobulins  
The invention provides methods and compositions for inducing and maintaining tolerance to epitopes or antigens containing the epitopes. The compositions include expression cassettes and vectors...
6824770 Adenovirus gene expression system  
The invention is directed to an adenoviral vector comprising (a) at least one insertion site for cloning a heterologous gene, and, in an orientation opposite to the direction of transcription of...
6824771 Infectivity-enhanced conditionally-replicative adenovirus and uses thereof  
A modified adenovirus capable of overcoming the problem of low level of coxsackle-adenovirus receptor (CAR) expression on tumor cells and methods of using such adenovirus are provided. The fiber...
6821751 Hypoxia responsive transcription enhancer element from yeast  
The present invention is directed to DNA elements that enhance cellular gene expression in response to anaerobic growth or the presence of certain inducing agents. The enhancer element may be...
6821512 Compositions and methods for increasing packaging and yield of recombinant adenoviruses using multiple packaging signals  
A recombinant adenoviral vector which has multiple adenovirus packaging domains is provided. This vector has advantages over conventional adenoviral vectors in packaging plasmid vectors into...
6821511 Methods of using adeno-associated virus rep protein  
A composition for delivering at least one DNA sequence encoding a desired protein or polypeptide (such as a therapeutic agent) to a cell. The composition comprises an adeno-associated virus rep...
6821957 Vectors and methods for immunization or therapeutic protocols  
The present invention shows that DNA vaccine vectors can be improved by removal of CpG-N motifs and optional addition of CpG-S motifs. In addition, for high and long-lasting levels of expression,...
6818209 Retroviral delivery system  
A retroviral delivery system capable of transducing a target site is described. The retroviral delivery system comprises a first nucleotide sequence coding for at least a part of an envelope...
6818442 AIDS DNA vaccine that prevents SIVmac239 virus infection in monkeys  
The present invention relates to a plasmid carrying simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-derived genes. Particularly, the present invention relates to the plasmid pSIV/GE which carrys gag, protease,...
6814963 Baculovirus-based expression system  
Compositions and methods are provided that relate to a recombinant virus-based vector, e.g., a baculovirus-based vector, that allows the expression of an exogenous target protein in non-permissive...
6815200 Modified adenovirus containing a fiber replacement protein  
The utility of adenovirus vectors (Ad) for gene therapy is restricted by their inability to selectively transduce disease-affected tissues. This limitation may be overcome by the derivation of...
6814962 Recombinant viruses and their use for treatment of atherosclerosis and other forms of coronary artery disease and method, reagent, and kit for evaluating susceptibility to same  
Recombinant viruses comprising a heterologous DNA sequence coding for a lipase involved in lipoprotein metabolism. The invention also concerns the preparation and use in therapy of said recombinant...
6808905 Lentiviral vectors encoding clotting factors for gene therapy  
Recombinant lentiviruses and transfer vectors for transgene delivery as well as methods for gene therapy using such vectors are disclosed. The invention provides a third generation lentiviral...
6808702 Treatment of disorders by implanting stem cells and/or progeny thereof into gastrointestinal organs  
A method of treating a disorder, typically a gastrointestinal disorder, that includes implanting stem cells and/or progeny thereof into a gastrointestinal organ of a subject. Also, a method of...
6805858 Methods for the administration of adenovirus p53  
Described are simplified and efficient methods for preparing recombinant adenovirus using liposome-mediated cotransfection and the direct observation of a cytopathic effect (CPE) in the transfected...
6800281 Lentiviral-mediated growth factor gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases  
Disclosed and claimed are methods for treating or preventing neurodegenerative diseases, conditions or maladies or symptoms or physiology associated therewith, such as treating or preventing...
6800479 Recombinant adenoviruses expressing interleukin-18 protein and gene therapy using them  
The present invention relates to recombinant adenoviruses expressing interleukin-18 protein, and gene therapy using them. More particularly, the invention provides recombinant adenoviruses...
6797265 Deleted adenovirus vectors and methods of making and administering the same  
The present invention provides deleted adenovirus vectors. The inventive adenovirus vectors carry one or more deletions in the IVa2, 100K, polymerase and/or preterminal protein sequences of the...
6794188 Retrovirus vectors derived from avian sarcoma leukosis viruses permitting transfer of genes into mammalian cells and therapeutic uses thereof  
Recombinant avian sarcoma leukosis virus (ASLV)-derived retrovirus vectors having an expanded host range are described. The host range is expanded by the replacement of the ASLV envelope gene by an...
6793927 Construction of Pasteurella haemolytica vaccines  
Methylation of DNA can be a critical step in the introduction of DNA into P. haemolytica . A methyltransferase has been isolated and molecularly cloned for this purpose. Use of the...
6793918 In vivo stimulation of angiogenic activity  
Angiogenesis is stimulated by introducing two replication-deficient adenovirus vectors to the endothelial cells or proximate to the endothelial cells of an organism. The first vector encodes VEGF-B...
6790442 Genomic DNA encoding a polypeptide capable of inducing the production of interferon-&ggr  
Disclosed is a genomic DNA encoding a polypeptide capable of inducing the production of interferon-γ by immunocompetent cells. The genomic DNA efficiently expresses the polypeptide with high...
6790838 Combinations and methods for promoting in vivo liver cell proliferation and enhancing in vivo liver-directed gene transduction  
Combinations and methods for inducing a semi-synchronous wave of liver cell proliferation in vivo and combinations and methods for inducing a semi-synchronous wave of liver cell proliferation and...
6787351 Adenovirus carrying gag gene HIV vaccine  
An adenoviral vector is described which carries a codon-optimized gag gene, along with a heterologous promoter and transcription terminator. This viral vaccine can effectively prevent HIV infection...
6783979 Vectors encoding HCN channels and MiRP1  
This invention provides for a chamber and system designed for use in assaying drug effects on heart rate. The chamber consists of a series of wells, each 3 mm by 3 mm in inner diameter. Cardiac...
6784162 Gene therapy method for reducing risk of atherosclerosis  
A single point mutation in the human lipoprotein lipase gene which results in an A→G nucleotide change at codon 291 (nucleotide 1127) of the lipoprotein lipase gene, and a substitution of serine...
6783762 Product and method for obtaining specific immunization with one or more antigens  
A large number of recombinant of viral and bacterial systems has been engineered as vectors to express foreign genes for vaccination and/or gene therapy. A common problem is the immune response to...
6780409 Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) based delivery system  
The invention provide methods and compositions for localized delivery of a vector comprising a therapeutic agent to a specific region of the brain that is overstimulated in neurodegenerative...
6780407 Pox virus comprising DNA sequences encoding CEA and B7 antigen  
Attenutated recombinant viruses containing DNA coding for a cytokine and/or a tumor associated antigen, as well as methods and compositions employing the viruses, are disclosed and claimed. The...
6780408 Genes encoding hybrid bacillus thuringiensis toxins  
The present invention provides, inter alia, a B.t. hybrid toxin fragment comprising at its C-terminus domain III of a first Cry protein, or a part of said domain or a protein substantially similar...
6776985 Encapsulated cells producing viral particles  
The present invention relates to encapsulated cells producing viral particles, especially retroviral particles containing the genome of a retroviral vector carrying therapeutic genes, to methods...
6776996 Pesticidal matrices  
The present invention provides improved coated pesticidal matrices and a process for their preparation. The present invention also provides a wettable powder pesticidal composition containing the...
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,...
6776987 Enhancement of cardiac chronotropy  
Molecularly-mediated and cellular-based β-adrenergic receptor-dependent biological pacemakers are disclosed. Methods of using these compositions to improve cardiac chrontropic responsiveness by...
6773702 Use of combretastatin A4 and its prodrugs as an immune enhancing therapy  
A method of treating immune suppression in a warm-blooded animal bearing a tumor, by administering to the animal an amount of combretastatin A4 and/or a prodrug thereof effective to enhance immune...
6774120 Methods of inducing regulated pancreatic hormone production in non-pancreatic islet tissues  
Disclosed are methods and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing pancreatic hormone production.
6770479 Anthrax vaccine  
Using the nontoxic PA protein from B. anthracis , a method and composition for use in inducing an immune response which is protective against anthrax in subjects is described.
6770273 Vaccine based on attenuated Haemophilus somnus  
The present invention provides a method for protecting cattle from diseases such as septicemia, pneumonia or abortion by immunizing them with an H. somnus vaccine. Provided are natural isolates...
6770632 Folypolyglutamyl synthetase gene transfer to enhance antifolate  
Methods of killing neoplastic cells are provided. The invention relates to the use of folylpolyglutamyl synthetase (FPGS) gene transfer to enhance the sensitivity of several types of tumor cells to...
6770275 Live attenuated RTC-producing bacteria of the family  
The present invention relates to live attenuated RTX-toxin producing bacteria of the family Pasteurellaceae, of which the attenuation is due to the fact that they produce RTX toxin in a...
6770274 Viral mutant HSV mediated destruction of neoplastic cells  
The present invention is drawn to compositions and methods for selectively killing neoplastic cells. Altered viruses are utilized which are capable of replication in neoplastic cells while sparing...
6770283 DNA expression systems based on alphaviruses  
The disclosure describes recombinant alphavirus RNA molecules and expression of heterologous proteins therefrom in animal cells. Recombinant alphaviruses of the present invention, when made to...
6767928 Mineralization and biological modification of biomaterial surfaces  
Disclosed are advantageous methods for patterning and/or mineralizing biomaterial surfaces. The techniques described are particularly useful for generating three-dimensional or contoured bioimplant...
6767535 Suppressing tumor formation using cells expressing JE/monocyte chemoattractant protein-1  
A method of suppressing tumor formation in a vertebrate by administering JE/MCP-1 is described. Also described are methods of treating localized complications of malignancies and methods of...
6764674 Adenovirus E1B shuttle vectors  
Provided are replication competent, recombinant adenovirus vectors containing mutations in the E1B region which permit the easy deletion of a gene or genes therein, and optionally the substitution...
6764675 Herpes simplex virus expressing foreign genes and method for treating cancers therewith  
An anti-cancer pharmaceutical composition includes a herpes simplex virus (HSV) vector into which a nucleic acid sequence encoding an anti-cancer agent selected from interleukin-12, GM-CSF, and CD...
6761884 Vectors including foreign genes and negative selective markers  
A vector, in particular a retroviral vector, which includes a heterologous or foreign gene and a gene encoding a negative selective marker. The negative selective marker enables one to kill cells...