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6540995 Encapsulated cells producing cytochrome P450  
The present invention relates to capsules encapsulating cytochrome P450 producing cells and cytochrome P450 producing retroviral packaging cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the...
6541219 Therapeutic Gene  
Polynucleotide sequences and vectors containing them, for use in gene therapy, the polynucleotide sequences comprising two or more therapeutic genes operably linked to a promoter and encoding a...
6537523 Diagnosis and treatment of cancer having clonal macrophage involvement  
The presence of clonal macrophages in pre-cancerous and cancerous tissue represents an early stage of the disease in which clonal expansion of macrophages occurs due to HIV integration or other...
6537540 Methods and composition for lowering the level of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in TNF-associated disorders  
The present invention provides recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors encoding a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonist and methods using these vectors to reduce levels of TNF in a...
6537541 Implantation of HSV-TK retrovirus producer cells to destroy glioma  
The present invention discloses compositions and methods for selectively killing neoplastic cells. Retroviral vectors are used to selectively express a gene in neoplastic cells. The gene or gene...
6537542 Targeted introduction of DNA into primary or secondary cells and their use for gene therapy and protein production  
The present invention relates to a method of gene or DNA targeting in cells of vertebrate, particularly mammalian, origin. That is, it relates to a method of introducing DNA into primary or...
6537594 Vaccina virus comprising cytokine and/or tumor associated antigen genes  
Attenuated 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...
6538174 Animal model for transplantation  
The invention relates to an animal model of cancer. The animal carries a tumor xenograft and is immunosuppressed by administration of cyclosporin and ketoconazole. The model is useful for studying...
6534052 Cardiac function comprising implantation of embryonic stem cell in which differentiation has been initiated  
The present invention is a method for markedly improving cardiac function and repairing heart tissue in a living mammalian subject after the occurrence of a myocardial infarction. The method is a...
6531307 Adenoviral vectors encoding a cytokine and a conditionally lethal gene  
The present invention provides recombinant viral vectors carrying a vector construct which directs the expression of a gene product (eg. HSVTK) that activates a compound with little or no...
6531123 Lentiviral vectors  
The present invention contemplates novel lentiviral vectors which exhibit strong promoter activity in human and other cells. Vectors are provided which are packaged efficiently in packaging cells...
6531456 Gene therapy for the treatment of solid tumors using recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors  
The use of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions for the treatment of solid tumors is disclosed. The invention provides for the use of recombinant AAV virions to deliver an AAV vector...
6531313 Invasive bacterial vectors for expressing alphavirus replicons  
The present invention is directed to a bacterial delivery system for delivering alphavirus replicon DNA into an animal or animal cells with the replicon encoding one or more heterologous genes to...
6528481 NG2/HM proteoglycan-binding peptides that home to angiogenic vasculature and related methods  
The present invention provides angiogenic vasculature homing molecules that bind to NG2/HM proteoglycan, including, for example, a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence TAASGVRSMH (SEQ ID...
6528304 Eukaryotic cells expressing at their surface at least an HLA-G isoform and their applications  
The invention concerns the use of a eukaryotic cell coding for at least an HLA-G isoform, to obtain an immunomodulating medicine for inhibiting the activity of killer cells, in particular NK cells...
6528250 Equine infectious anemia challenge model for testing vaccines, diagnostics and treatments  
The invention relates to a method for infecting equines with an equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) in order to reproduce a natural infection challenge model. More specifically, the invention...
6524856 Use of consensus sequences for targeted homologous gene isolation and recombination in gene families  
The invention relates to compositions and methods for targeting sequence modifications in one or more genes of a related family of genes using enhanced homologous recombination techniques. These...
6524571 Methioninase gene therapy for tumor treatment  
A depletion method to inhibit tumor growth includes introducing a viral expression system capable of expressing methioninase or a fusion protein containing methioninase into a tumor contained in a...
RE38009 Zeaxanthin formulations for human ingestion  
Preparations are disclosed containing the 3R-3′R stereoisomer of zeaxanthin as a sole detectable isomer, packaged for oral ingestion by humans as a therapeutic drug or nutritional supplement....
6525030 Gene delivery to periosteal cells by microneedle injection  
Direct gene transfer of genetic material into an external or internal target cell site (“microseeding”), in optional combination with a wound treatment chamber, are particularly effective as a...
6524573 Method of suppressing tumor cell growth by administering a decorin gene or gene product  
A method of suppressing tumor growth is provided wherein decorin gene or its gene products are administered so that epidermal growth factor receptor activity is induced. This specific mechanism has...
6524572 Targeting recombinant virus with a bispecific fusion protein ligand in coupling with an antibody to cells for gene therapy  
Use of recombinant viral vector for gene therapy is hampered by the native virus-host interaction. Non-specific gene transfection causes adverse effects in gene therapy. To solve this problem, a...
6521602 Anti-neoplastic compositions and uses thereof  
Disclosed is a nucleic acid composition consisting essentially of a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric CDKi protein and a second nudeic acid sequence encoding an adenovirus E4 protein,...
6521225 AAV vectors  
The present invention is directed to a recombinant adenovirus vector comprising two inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) each of which comprises a D-sequence having (i) from 5 to 15 native nucleotides...
6517836 Nitrophenylaziridine compounds and their use as prodrugs  
A range of aziridin-1-yl nitrobenzamides are provided for use as prodrugs in conjunction with nitroreductase (NR) enzymes. The amides may have 1 or 2-substituents which may be bulky and polar. For...
6518255 Multiple site delivery of adenoviral vector directly into muscle for the induction of angiogenesis  
The present invention provides a method for enhancing the level of perfusion of blood to a target tissue, treating a target tissue suffering from or at risk of suffering from ischemic damage,...
6518413 Utrophin gene expression  
Nucleic acid from which a polypeptide with utrophin function can be expressed, especially mini-genes and chimaeric constructs. Expression significantly decreases the severity of the dystrophic...
6517828 C-CAM as an angiogenesis inhibitor  
The present invention relates generally to the fields hyperproliferative disease and angiogenesis. More particularly, the present invention demonstrates that a C-CAM1 cytoplasmic domain is...
6518062 Enzyme combinations for destroying proliferative cells  
Enzyme combinations useful for destroying cells, particularly proliferative cells, are disclosed. In particular, a combination of the following enzymes has been found to enhance the toxicity of...
6514943 Method and composition for preserving viruses  
The present invention provides a method and a composition for preserving a virus. The virus is placed in a liquid carrier with a stabilizing agent selected from the group consisting of polysorbate...
6506378 Vesicular monoamine transporter gene therapy in Parkinson's disease  
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the therapeutic intervention of Parkinson's disease. More particularly, methods of making and sequestering dopamine are disclosed....
6506415 Method of inducing resistance to tumor growth  
A method of inducing resistance to tumor growth comprising placing tumor cells in culture in vitro supplemented with a pro-apoptotic agent for a period of time, transferring the tumor cells into a...
6503498 Apolipoprotein A-1 adenovirus vector compositions and methods  
The present disclosure demonstrates the successful use of adenovirus mediated gene transfer to increase HDLc in mammalian cells and in mice. BALB/c mice were infected with recombinant adenovirus...
6503501 Targetable vector particles  
A vector particle (eg., a retroviral vector particle) containing a chimeric envelope includes a receptor binding region that binds to a receptor of a target cell. The receptor of the target cell is...
6503502 Nucleotide sequences, proteins, drugs and diagnostic agents of use in treating cancer  
Tumor Suppressor Activated Pathway (TSAP) genes and nucleotide sequences therefore as well as vectors and cells containing such nucleotide sequences and various uses therefore are described. The...
6503500 Biocontrol agent containing an endotoxin gene  
The invention provides a biocontrol agent against larvae of mosquitoes and blackflies comprising transgenic Anabaena PCC 7120 carrying a synergistic combination of the endotoxin genes CryIVA and...
6503499 Viral vector complexes having adapters of predefined valence  
The invention concerns an improvement in the art of inserting and expressing foreign gene into eukaryotic cells. The invention particularly concerns methods and compositions whereby viral vectors...
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,...
6503886 Compositions containing nucleic acids and ligands for therapeutic treatment  
Preparations of conjugates of a receptor-binding internalized ligand and a cytocide-encoding agent and compositions containing such preparations are provided. The conjugates contain a polypeptide...
6503503 Allogeneic cellular vaccine  
Vaccination with an allogeneic cell line modified with genetic material encoding specific protein antigens is an effective technique for the delivery of protein antigens to the host's antigen...
6500420 Recombinant vasoactive protein from salivary gland of the black fly  
The invention is drawn to vasodilative proteins from the salivary glands of the species, Simulium. The protein additionally has immunomodulating activities. Methods for recombinant production of...
6500419 Method for introducing and expressing RNA in animal cells  
The invention pertains to a method for introducing RNA molecules into eukaryotic cells, wherein the RNA molecules are capable of being translated in the eukaryotic cells or is an antisense RNA or a...
6498239 Sterol glycosyl transferases  
The invention relates to DNA sequences coding for sterol glucosyl transferases as well as the use thereof to modify the content and/or the structure of sterol glycosides and/or their synthetic...
6497874 Recombinant phages  
The present invention relates to bacteriophages for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of bacterial infections, especially mucosal bacterial infections such as Heliobacter pylori infections, in...
6497882 Recombinant swinepox virus  
This invention provides a recombinant swinepox virus comprising a foreign DNA sequence inserted into the swinepox virus genomic DNA, wherein the foreign DNA sequence is inserted within a HindIII K...
6497873 Recombinant Rhabdovirus containing a heterologous fusion protein  
This invention relates to a composition comprising a recombinant or genetically engineered Rhabdovirus that expresses a Fusion Protein, such as the F protein of the Paramyxovirus SV5 strain. This...
6497872 Neural transplantation using proliferated multipotent neural stem cells and their progeny  
The invention provides methods of transplanting multipotent neural stem cell progeny to a host by obtaining a population of cells derived from mammalian neural tissue containing at least one...
6495132 Method for producing polypeptides  
There is provided a method for producing a polypeptide using a recombinant baculovirus according to the present invention, wherein said recombinant baculovirus is constructed by ligating the...
6495131 Interleukin-3 gene therapy for cancer  
Means and methods for treating tumors in a mammal, in particular, malignant solid tumors, using adenovirus derived material and interleukin-3 (“IL-3 ”). Tthe adenovirus derived material...
6495364 Mx-1 conditionally immortalized cells  
This invention relates to methods and compositions of controlling cell distribution within a bioartificial organ by exposing the cells to a treatment that inhibits cell proliferation, promotes cell...