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6984522 Isolation and use of solid tumor stem cells  
A small percentage of cells within an established solid tumor have the properties of stem cells. These solid tumor stem cells give rise both to more tumor stem cells and to the majority of cells in...
6984380 Treatment of diseases involving faulty MHC class I antigen complex presentation  
Methods of treating autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes, characterized by faulty MHC class I antigen complex presentation are disclosed which involve exposure of the immune system of an...
6982087 Vectors derived from South African Arbovirus No. 86  
Provided herein are alphavirus vectors derived from South African Arbovirus No. 86 (S.A.AR86) comprising attenuating mutations and methods of making the same. Also provided are improved viral...
6982082 Gene therapy by cell specific targeting  
This invention is directed to a modified cyclosporin A and to a modified, genetically engineered version of its receptor, cyclophilin. This invention is further directed to a method for treating...
6979568 Vector for the expression of two foreign genes  
A vector expressing two foreign genes by using RRE sequence and controlling the ratio of the expression doses of these genes owing to the modification is provided. This vector, which can be...
6979448 Chimaeric plant viruses with mucin peptides  
Mucin peptide epitopes are inserted into the coat protein of a plant virus (e.g., a comovirus such as CPMV) having a beta-barrel structure at an immunogenically effective site, such as in a loop...
6979677 Inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation  
A method for inhibiting restenosis associated with mechanical injury of a blood vessel. An adenoviral vector encoding a suicide gene such as thymidine kinase is directly administered to the injured...
6972350 Pest-resistant plants comprising a construct encoding a vacuole targeting sequence and avidin or streptavidin  
This invention relates to nucleic acids encoding chimeric polypeptides comprising vacuole targeting sequences and sequences encoding avidin or streptavidin. The nucleic acids are useful for...
6967018 Adiponectin gene therapy  
Adiponectin cDNA was cloned into AAV serotypes 1, 2, and 5-based expression vectors. Virions containing these vectors were administered to the livers of rat subjects via portal vein injection. A...
6967076 Method for producing recombinant cells for detecting HIV  
Recombinant expression vectors and methods are provided for detecting HIV and monitoring HIV drug resistance. The method comprises: taking a culture of cells; adding a recombinant viral vector into...
6964762 Composition and method for stimulating immune response to pathogen using complex adenoviral vector  
Genetic vaccines and methods are provided for enhancing the immunity of a host such as a human to one or more pathogens. In one aspect, a method of enhancing the immunity of a host to a pathogen is...
6962814 Decellularized tissue engineered constructs and tissues  
New methods for producing tissue engineered constructs and engineered native tissues are disclosed. The methods include producing a tissue engineered construct by growing cells in vitro on a...
6962977 Protein having pesticidal activity, DNA encoding the protein, and noxious organism-controlling agent and method  
The invention provides a noxious organism-controlling agent effective to control pests that have acquired a resistance to conventional Bt agents, and which has activity on Coleoptera pests. Also,...
6962815 AAV2 vectors and methods  
The invention relates to Adeno-associated virus vectors. In particular, it relates to Adeno-associated virus vectors with modified capsid proteins and materials and methods for their preparation...
6960469 Adenoviral vectors encoding an antibody fused to a CD4 extracellular domain  
Genetically modified cell implant comprising an exogenous nucleotide sequence coding for all or part of an antibody, method for the preparation of such an implant and its therapeutic use for the...
6958147 Use of VEGF-C to prevent restenosis  
The present invention provides materials and methods for preventing stenosis or restenosis of a blood vessel using Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (VEGF-C) and/or Vascular Endothelial Growth...
6958226 Packaging cells comprising codon-optimized gagpol sequences and lacking lentiviral accessory proteins  
Novel packaging cell lines useful for generating viral accessory protein independent HIV-derived retroviral vector particles, methods of constructing such packaging cell lines and methods of using...
6955808 Capsid-modified recombinant adenovirus and methods of use  
The present invention describes recombinant adenoviral vectors modified by incorporating targeting ligands or label into viral capsid or structural proteins. In one embodiment, single-chain...
6953687 Vectors for delivering viral and oncogenic inhibitors  
Cell transformation vectors for inhibiting HIV and tumor growth are provided. Optionally, the vectors encode RNAses such as EDN. Cells transduced by the vectors and methods of transforming cells...
6953575 Methods of treating central nervous system disorders 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.
6946448 In utero oral nucleic acid immunization  
Methods of nucleic acid immunization comprising the in utero delivery of nucleic acid molecules that encode one or more selected antigens to a vertebrate fetus are disclosed.
6946126 Replicating adenovirus vectors  
The present invention provides replicating [100K−] adenovirus vectors that have an impairment in 100K activity. In particular preferred embodiments, the impairment is the result of a deletion in...
6943012 Helper dependent adenoviral vector system and methods for using the same  
A helper dependent adenoviral vector system is provided. The subject helper dependent adenoviral vector system is made up of: (1) a “gutless” adenoviral vector that include cis-acting human...
6943026 Antitumour vector constructs and methods  
Compositions for targeting expression of a gene such as an antitumor gene may contain a first nucleic acid construct in which expression of a first gene is controlled by a first promoter whose...
6942855 Viral vectors having reduced virulence  
The present invention provides recombinant vaccinia virus having a deletion of the region encoding the C-terminal seven amino acids of the E3L gene product and comprising exogenous DNA....
6943015 Large scale production of packaged alphavirus replicons  
Large-scale packaging of alphavirus replicons is accomplished by co-transfecting host cells with three RNA molecules: (1) an alphavirus replicon comprising a sequence encoding a heterologous...
6939540 Method of enhancing bone density  
The present invention is directed to a method for enhancing bone density or formation. In accordance with the method, a nucleic acid encoding an angiogenic protein is administered to a cell in a...
6936595 Tumour-specific vector for gene therapy  
The invention relates to a vector for the gene therapeutic treatment of tumours, especially in connection with radiotherapy. Said vector is provided with a therapeutic gene in the DNA sequence...
6936594 Gene therapy for cerebrovascular disorders  
By introducing hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene and/or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene into the subarachnoid space in humans, cerebrovascular disorders such as cerebrovascular...
6936257 Recombinant Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus vaccine  
A prophylactic or therapeutic vaccine for use in protecting mammals such as humans or animals against Venezelan Equine Encephalitis virus (VEE) is described. In particular, the vaccine comprises a...
6936243 Adeno-associated viral vector-mediated delivery of DNA to cells of the liver  
The instant invention provides methods of expressing polynucleotides in the cells of the liver comprising administering viral particles comprising a recombinant AAV vector into a mammal, preferably...
6933145 Materials and methods for delivery and expression of heterologous DNA in vertebrate cells  
The subject invention pertains to recombinant entomopox vectors which are useful for the delivery and stable expression of heterologous DNA in vertebrate cells. Specifically exemplified is a...
6932980 Method of making microalgal-based animal foodstuff supplements, microalgal-supplemented animal foodstuffs and method of animal nutrition  
The present invention is to a safe, biodegradable trace metal binding system that effectively delivers chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, selenium and zinc to animals. The...
6929948 Lineage specific cells and progenitor cells  
A method for generating a culture that is purified or enriched in respect of cells of a selected lineage is described in which selectable marker, which is differentially expressed in cells of the...
6929792 Modified dendritic cells and use therefor  
The invention provides isolated dendritic cells genetically modified to express a selectin polypeptide, optionally treated with activated platelets or membrane microparticles thereof. The invention...
6929946 Gene delivery vectors provided with a tissue tropism for smooth muscle cells, and/or endothelial cells  
A gene delivery vehicle having been provided with at least a tissue tropism for cells selected from the group of smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, and/or liver cells. The tissue tropism is...
6929799 D-alanine racemase mutants of mycobacteria and uses therefore  
The present invention is directed to D-alanine racemase mutants of mycobacterial species. The D-alanine racemase gene (alrA) is involved in the systhesis of D-alanine, a basic component of...
6926890 Non-invasive approach for assessing tumors in living animals  
A means for following the growth of experimental neoplasms involves administering recombinant tumor cells containing an expression construct encoding a secretable marker to an experimental animal...
6926893 Multi-stage cascade boosting vaccine  
Humoral and cellular immune responses against tumor cells and infectious agents are induced in a mammal using a vaccine comprising antibodies and anti-idiotype antibodies that mimic an epitope of...
6926889 Recombinant bacteria for use in insect control  
The present invention relates to recombinant bacteria genetically engineered from insect hosts to express toxic gene products in a pest insect. The present invention also relates to a method of...
6926888 Alginate capsules for use in the treatment of brain tumor  
Encapsulated producer cells which are capable of expressing a molecule which is an inhibitor of CNS tumour growth provide a novel approach to the treatment of tumours, such as brain tumors which...
6924128 Packaging cell lines for generation of high titers of recombinant AAV vectors  
AAV vectors may have utility for gene therapy but heretofore a significant obstacle has been the inability to generate sufficient quantities of such recombinant vectors in amounts that would be...
6923957 Salmonella vaccine materials and methods  
Attenuated mutant Salmonella bacteria containing inactivated virulence genes are provided for use in safe, efficacious vaccines.
6923972 Methods for use of genetically modified tumor-targeted bacteria with reduced virulence  
The present invention is directed to mutant Salmonella sp. having a genetically modified msbB gene in which the mutant Salmonella is capable of targeting solid tumors. The present invention...
6921663 Adenovirus vector  
The present invention provides a method for constructing a fiber-mutant adenovirus vector in which a foreign peptide is introduced by a simple system into the fiber HI loop-coding gene of...
6919075 Bacteriophage displaying aβ epitopes and method of use  
A method of immunizing against plaque forming diseases using display technology is provided. The method utilize novel agents, or pharmaceutical compositions for vaccination against plaque forming...
6916477 Attenuated forms of bovine viral diarrhea virus  
The present invention is directed to a method of producing attenuated forms of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus by mutating the N pro protease gene. The invention includes the attenuated viruses...
6916490 Controlled release of bioactive substances  
The present invention contemplates in part coacervates in which a bioactive substance and delivery agent are encapsulated therein for controlled release. In certain embodiments, said bioactive...
6916793 Selenium-containing pro-drugs for cancer therapy  
Methods for inhibiting the growth of tumor cells by combination treatment with a selenium-containing prodrug and an enzyme for which it is a substrate are described. The treatment also enhances the...
6913753 Incapacitated whole-cell immunogenic bacterial compositions  
The invention features incapacitated whole cell bacterial immunogenic compositions produced by infecting a bacterium with Lys minus bacteriophage, which are deficient in the lysin protein. Lys...