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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...
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...
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...
7387645 Cellular therapy to heal vascular tissue  
The present invention encompasses methods and apparatus for minimizing the risks inherent in endovascular grafting for blood vessel therapy and repair. The invention involves delivering adult stem...
7381710 Combined DNA vaccine and biological modifiers for cancer therapy  
The present invention relates to the combination of a DNA vaccination strategy that makes use of a nucleic acid encoding an immunogenic polypeptide, with a non-immunosuppressive inducer of tumor...
7378569 Transgenic pigs carrying both hHO-1 and hDAF transgenes for xenotransplantation  
The invention provides a transgenic animal carrying two transgenes, one encoding a human decay accelerating factor (hDAF) and the other encoding a human heme oxygenase-1 (hHO)-1, which are useful...
7378273 Expression vectors  
The present invention provides novel regulatory elements and vectors for the expression of one or more proteins in a host cell. The present invention also provides methods for expressing one or...
7378087 Method of enhancing an immune response  
A method of enhancing an immune response to an antigen is provided. The method involves augmenting the level of a TAP molecule in a target cell bearing the antigen. Preferably, the TAP molecules...
7378086 Retroviral vector having an ovalbumin promoter  
Vectors and methods are provided for introducing genetic material into cells of a chicken or other avian species. More particularly, vectors and methods are provided for transferring a transgene to...
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...
7371374 Neural transplantation using pluripotent neuroepithelial cells  
The subject invention pertains to a novel method of correction of behavioral and/or psychological deficits made possible by the intracerebral transplantation of pluripotent neuroepithelial 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...
7364728 Recombinant organisms producing insect toxins and methods for constructing same  
This invention is a method for constructing recombinant organisms that produce proteins lethal to the larvae of insects. Nucleotide sequences were isolated from Bacillus popilliae that encode two...
7364727 Metastatic colon cancer specific promoter and uses thereof  
Colon cancer specific promoter sequences and adenovirus vehicles are provided. By providing for transcriptional initiating regulation dependent upon transcription factors that are only active in...
7364726 Pharmaceutical composition for cancer treatment containing cells that express a membrane cytokine  
This invention comprises cellular vaccines and methods of using them in cancer immunotherapy, particularly in humans. The vaccines comprise a source of tumor-associated antigen, and a...
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...
7355099 AXMI-004, a delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use  
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin...
7351881 AXMI-008, a delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use  
Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin and...
7351697 Tumor-specific vector for gene therapy  
The invention relates to a vector for the gene therapeutic treatment of tumors, especially in connection with radiotherapy. Said vector is provided with a therapeutic gene in the DNA sequence...
7347998 Method of delivering therapeutic agents to site of tissue injury  
A viral or non-viral vector particle having a modified viral surface protein wherein the viral surface protein is modified to include a targeting polypeptide including a binding region which binds...
7344872 Method for rapid screening of bacterial transformants and novel simian adenovirus proteins  
Chimpanzee serotype C68 proteins, peptides, and polypeptide are provided. Also provided are novel adenoviruses derived from these proteins, as well as compositions containing these proteins and...
7344711 Use of adenoviruses mutated in the VA genes for cancer treatment  
This invention refers to the use of an adenovirus for cancer treatment, being this adenovirus defective in its virus-associated (VA) RNAs. Said adenovirus has a mutation in the VAI or VAII gene...
7344710 Combination bacteriolytic therapy for the treatment of tumors  
Current chemotherapeutic approaches for cancer are in part limited by the inability of drugs to destroy neoplastic cells within poorly vascularized compartments of tumors. We have here...
7342002 Molecular vaccine linking an endoplasmic chaperone polypeptide to an antigen  
This invention provides compositions and methods for inducing and enhancing immune responses, such as antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses, using chimeric molecules comprising...
7341718 Neuronal gene transfer of adenovirus and herpes virus vectors  
The present invention is related to compositions and methods for the delivery of nucleic acids to neurons in a mammal, and uses thereof. The present invention specifically discloses the use of...
7338656 Composition and method to alter lean body mass and bone properties in a subject  
A method for decreasing the body fat proportion, increasing lean body mass, increasing bone density, or improving the rate of bone healing, or all, of a subject. Embodiments of the invention...
7338655 Gene therapy using TGF-β  
The subject invention is related to a cell-mediated gene therapy treatment for orthopedic disease using a member belonging to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily. TGF-β gene...
7335505 Materials and methods relating to protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease  
The present invention provides methods of proteolytically converting a precursor protein (e.g. tau) to a product fragment (e.g., a 12 kd fragment) in a stable cell line, wherein the precursor...
7332337 Viral vectors having tissue tropism for T-lymphocytes, B- and mast cells  
The present invention relates to methods of introducing an expressible non-viral nucleic acid sequence into a T lymphocyte cell, a B-cell, or a mast cell, comprising contacting the cell with a...
7332324 Attenuated vaccine useful for immunizations against Coccidioides spp. infections  
A Coccidioides spp. fungus that is attenuated by the loss of endosporulation potential of the fungus wherein said fungus does not replicate when transformed into the parasitic phase.
7329807 High-efficiency fusogenic vesicles, methods of producing them, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them  
The present invention relates to novel fusogenic vesicles as highly efficient and versatile encapsulation systems for delivering a substance of choice, such as nucleic acids, proteins, peptides,...
7326692 Induction of immunity using inhibitors of granzymes  
The present invention provides methods for enhancing host immunity to a virus and/or a cancer and methods for enhancing the cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) mediated immune responses by providing granzyme B...
7323623 RHIZOC3 nucleic acid molecules  
The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules tat encode defensive polypeptides and methods of their use in enhancing disease resistance of a plant to a fungal pathogen. Vectors,...
7323165 Production of pancreatic islet cells and delivery of insulin  
The present invention relates to the production of islet cells and insulin in a subject by providing for expression of an islet transcription factors in the pancreas of the subject, by for example,...
7320963 Methods and compositions for delivery of pharmaceutical agents  
Methods and compositions for delivering pharmaceutical agents into cells, in particular urothelial cells of the bladder, are provided. In the methods and compositions of the invention, a...
7320787 Redirection of cellular immunity by protein tyrosine kinase chimeras  
Disclosed is a method of directing a cellular response in a mammal by expressing in a cell of the mammal a chimeric receptor which causes the cells to specifically recognize and destroy an...
7318919 Adenovirus vectors for gene therapy  
Gene Therapy vectors, which are especially useful for cystic fibrosis, and methods for using the vectors are disclosed.
7316812 Cells expressing anti-Fc receptor binding components  
Cells transformed to express on their surface a component which binds to an Fc receptor of an effector cell are disclosed. Also disclosed are expression vectors used to transform the cells. Once...
7314912 AAv scleroprotein, production and use thereof  
The invention relates to a structural protein of adeno-associated virus (AAV) which comprises at least one mutation which brings about an increase in the infectivity of the virus.
7311907 Lentiviral packaging cells  
Novel packaging cell lines which produce recombinant retrovirus, free of detectable helper-virus are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the cell lines and methods of producing...
7309814 Nucleic acid molecules encoding bacterial autoinducer inactivation protein as targets for engineering disease resistance  
The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a bacterial autoinactivation protein and methods for increasing disease resistance and preventing or reducing bacterial...
7306794 Methods and compositions for the treatment of defects in lipoprotein metabolism  
The invention provides a recombinant viral vector comprising the DNA of, or corresponding to, at least a portion of the genome of an adenovirus, which portion is capable of infecting a hepatic...
7306793 Defective recombinant adenoviruses expressing cytokines for antitumor treatment  
A recombinant nucleic acid used for the production of a defective adenovirus containing an inserted sequence coding for a cytokine under the control of a promoter in the genomic sequence of the...
7306792 Tumor therapy with alphavirus-based and high affinity laminin receptor-targeted vectors  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating tumors using vectors that preferentially target tumor cells. In particular, the invention relates to Sindbis virus vectors...
7297685 Use of pro-apoptotic factors in treatment of atherosclerosis  
The present invention features a novel method of treating vascular disease that involves modifying smooth muscle cells to express a gene encoding a protein having both anti-inflammatory and...
7297540 Methods of generating tissue using devitalized, acellular scaffold matrices derived from micro-organs  
Methods of generating, and isolating adult stem cells and utilizing such cells and/or embryonic stem cells in generating tissue of a specific function and micro-architecture are provided.
7294334 Methods and compositions to treat myocardial conditions  
Methods, devices, kits and compositions to treat a myocardial infarction. In one embodiment, the method includes the prevention of remodeling of the infarct zone of the ventricle using a...
7291454 Transgenic animals and cell lines for screening drugs effective for the treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's disease  
Disclosed are transgenic animals and transfected cell lines expressing a protein associated with Alzheimer's Disease, neuroectodermal tumors, malignant astrocytomas, and glioblastomas. Also...
7291325 Method for producing target proteins by deleting or amplifying ibpA and/or ibpB gene coding for inclusion body-associated proteins  
A method for producing target proteins by deleting or amplifying ibpA and/or ibpB genes coding for inclusion body-associated proteins. Two methods for producing target proteins using ibpA and/or...
7285542 Hyperthermic inducible expression vectors for gene therapy and methods of use thereof  
Methods and compositions are provided for transgene expression in target cells. Expression constructs using an inducible amplification system to drive expression of a therapeutic gene or other gene...