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8178504 Gene therapy expression of GHRH for increasing RBC count in subjects  
The present invention pertains to compositions and methods useful for treating anemia and other effects that are commonly associated in cancer bearing animals. The invention is accomplished by...
8168166 Live genetically attenuated malaria vaccine  
Method for inoculating a vertebrate host against malaria, by administering to the host a live Plasmodium organism that is genetically engineered to disrupt a liver-stage-specific gene function.
8168169 Methods and compositions for the treatment of medical disorders  
In general, the invention relates to marrow-derived adult progenitor cells (MAPCs) and their use in methods of treating various medical disorders, typically caused by or involving loss of cells or...
8153117 Chondrocyte therapeutic delivery system  
Methods and compositions for producing therapeutic agents using chondrocytes are provided. The genetically engineered chondrocytes can be used to express the therapeutic agent in a subject,...
8153116 Use of conditional plasmodium strains lacking an essential gene in malaria vaccination  
The present invention relates to a malaria vaccine for administration to a host, comprising an attenuated malarial parasite with a gene that has been rendered non-functional, wherein the gene, when...
8142771 Use of coccidian  
The present invention provides a novel use of coccidian, specifically relates to the use of coccidian as a vaccine live vector. The present invention further provides a live vaccine with coccidian...
8142773 Methods of implanting mesenchymal stem cells for tissue repair and formation  
The invention relates to methods of isolating and implanting mesenchymal stem cells for tissue repair or formation, without prior culture expansion of the mesenchymal stem cells. In particular, the...
8142772 Attack of tumor cells with missing, low or aberrant MHC expression by combining non MHC-restricted T-cells/NK-cells and MHC-restricted cells  
This invention is directed to therapeutic compositions containing non-MHC-restricted Tcells/NK-cells in combination with MHC-restricted T-cells and especially to therapeutic compositions, which...
8137664 Method and kit for repairing a defect in bone  
Methods and devices are provided for the repair of bone defects. The bone defect repair may be accomplished by minimally invasive means. The bone defect repair may utilize a bone growth promoting...
8128922 Superior molecular vaccine linking the translocation domain of a bacterial toxin to an antigen  
Nucleic acids encoding a chimeric or fusion polypeptide which polypeptide comprises a first domain comprising a translocation polypeptide; and a second domain comprising at least one antigenic...
8128921 Use of conditional plasmodium strains lacking nutrient transporters in malaria vaccination  
The present invention relates to a malaria vaccine for administration to a host comprising an attenuated malarial parasite with a gene which has been rendered non-functional, wherein the gene, when...
8124069 Immunogenic peptides  
The invention provides relatively short immunogenic peptides, and biologically active variants thereof, associated with leukemia which elicit an immune response. Nucleic acids encoding the...
8119401 IL-10 gene transfer to peripheral mononuclear cells  
The present invention to methods for producing mononuclear cells overexpressing IL-10. The method comprises the ex vivo introduction of an expression construct comprising a nucleotide sequence...
8106010 Variants of pigment epithelium derived factor and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to anti-angiogenic variants of pigment epithelium derived factor (PEDF) comprising a plurality of altered phosphorylation sites, polynucleotides encoding same and uses...
8101169 Ocular gene therapy using avalanche-mediated transfection  
The present invention provides a method of treating an ocular disease in a subject. In a first step, a nucleic acid is introduced into cells or a tissue. The nucleic acid is introduced by electron...
8097243 Microparticle-based transfection and activation of dendritic cells  
The present invention provides an effective method for the transfection of dendritic cells by non-viral methods. The present invention provides this benefit by incubating dendritic cells and a...
8093205 Method for treating a stroke by implanting a first therapy delivery element in the CNS and a second therapy delivery element in a damaged tissue of the CNS to promote neurogenesis  
Devices and methods for treating diseases associated with loss of neuronal function are described. The methods are designed to promote proliferation, differentiation, migration, or integration of...
8092792 Use of materials for treatment of central nervous system lesions  
Disclosed are methods and materials for treatment of central nervous system lesions. Preferred methods and materials comprise neuronal precursor cells and/or marrow adherent stem cell-derived...
8092531 Human skin equivalents expressing exogenous polypeptides  
The present invention relates generally to compositions for wound closure. More specifically, the present invention provides human skin equivalents engineered to express exogenous polypeptides...
8076305 Biological pacemakers including mutated hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels  
A composition for implantation into cardiac tissue includes a biological pacemaker that, when implanted, expresses an effective amount of a mutated hyperpolarization-activated and cyclic...
8071085 Primary cultured adipocytes for gene therapy  
The present invention relates to primary cultured adipocytes for gene therapy, where the adipocytes stably maintain a foreign gene encoding a protein that is secreted outside of cells. This...
8066984 Modified vaccinia virus strains for use in diagnostic and therapeutic methods  
Modified viruses and methods for preparing the modified viruses are provided. Vaccines that contain the viruses are provided. The viruses can be used in methods of treatment of diseases, such as...
8066985 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...
8058252 Use of inhibitors of scinderin and/or ephrin-A1 for treating tumors  
The invention relates to the use of inhibitors of the expression or the activity of scinderin and/or of ephrin-A1 inhibitors for increasing the susceptibility of tumor cells to CTL killing. Such...
8058254 DNA vaccines encoding heat shock proteins  
The present invention is related to a method of treating a T cell-mediated inflammatory autoimmune disease by administering to an individual in need thereof an immunogenic composition comprising a...
8052967 Stable adenoviral vectors and methods for propagation thereof  
Provided are methods and means to increase the stability and/or the packaging capacity of recombinant adenoviruses, by overexpression of pIX in an adenoviral packaging cell, by retaining at least a...
8053421 DNA vaccines against tumor growth and methods of use thereof  
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...
8052968 Modified vaccinia virus strains for use in diagnostic and therapeutic methods  
Modified viruses and methods for preparing the modified viruses are provided. Vaccines that contain the viruses are provided. The viruses can be used in methods of treatment of diseases, such as...
8048673 Use of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells for chondrocyte differentiation and cartilage repair  
Methods and compositions for directing adipose-derived stromal cells cultivated in vitro to differentiate into cells of the chondrocyte lineage are disclosed. The invention further provides a...
8043611 Regulated nucleic acid expression system  
The present invention provides nucleic acid constructs, expression systems, and methods relating to the regulation of gene expression. The invention may be applied to regulate the expression of any...
8034332 Interleukin-secreting natural killer cell lines and methods of use  
This invention relates to a natural killer cell line termed NK-92 and to NK-92 cell lines that have been modified by transfection with a vector to confer advantageous properties. The invention...
8034363 Sustained release systems of ascorbic acid phosphate  
A novel method of preparing a controlled release composition is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method of preparing controlled release compositions of ascorbic acid...
8017590 Method of inducing and/or enhancing an immune response to tumor antigens  
An improved method of inducing and/or enhancing an immune response to a tumor antigen is disclosed. The method involves administering the tumor antigen, nucleic acid coding therefor, vectors and/or...
8012933 Use of the cathelicidin LL-37 and derivatives therof for wound healing  
Use of the antimicrobial cathelicidin peptide II-37, N-terminal fragments of LL-37 or extended sequences of LL-37 having 1-3 amino acids in the C-terminal end, for stimulating proliferation of...
8012469 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...
8013211 Compositions and methods comprising stinging capsules/cells for delivering a biologically active agent into a plant cell  
The invention relates to stinging cells or isolated capsules and to their use in compositions and methods for efficient delivery of biologically active agents into a plant cell or plant tissue. The...
8012468 Dendrite cells transduced with recombinant adenovirus AdVCEA which generate CEA-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes, vaccine and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same  
The present invention relates to an antitumor immune response, and in more detail, to a method for inducing cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific to a tumor-associated antigen that acts specifically on...
8007781 Molecular vaccine linking an endoplasmic reticulum 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...
7998736 Adoptive immunotherapy with enhanced T lymphocyte survival  
The invention provides for compositions, e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a T lymphocyte, or a population thereof, expressing at least one recombinant polynucleotide encoding a...
7998509 Use of stinging cells/capsules for the delivery of active agents to keratinous substances  
A composition of matter comprising an agent beneficial to a non-skin keratinous substance and at least one stinging capsule and methods of use are disclosed.
7994148 Transmembrane delivery peptide and bio-material comprising the same  
The present invention relates to a transmembrane delivery peptide derived from human in which a target protein may be easily delivered into cells, and a recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid...
7988959 Method of treatment using organotypically cultured skin tissue comprising niks cells that express exogenous HIF-1a  
The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin tissue, and in particular to cultured skin tissue comprising exogenous genes encoding angiogenic growth factors. In some embodiments, the...
7989427 Polynucleotide constructs, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for targeted downregulation of angiogenesis and anticancer therapy  
A novel nucleic acid construct for down-regulating angiogenesis in a tissue of a subject is provided. The nucleic acid construct includes: (a) a first polynucleotide region encoding a chimeric...
7985409 Tr1 cells for use in atherosclerosis  
The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing atherosclerosis comprising administering to a mammal in need of such a treatment a) an antigen which has been used to activate in...
7985407 Method of treating solid tumor  
The present invention provides a method of immune/gene combination therapy that has an effect of suppressing growth of an intractable solid tumor and is useful for treatment of such a tumor, and a...
7973148 Crustacean expression vector  
Methods and constructs for genetic manipulation of one or more of shrimp, shellfish, mollusks, and fish are disclosed. The nucleic acid construct includes a promoter and an internal ribosome entry...
7968698 Optimized core promoters and uses thereof  
The present invention provides core promoter motif ten elements (MTE) and core promoter constructs comprising the MTEs and an initiator element (Inr) in combination with one or both of a TATA box...
7968087 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...
7964394 Spore-like cells and uses thereof  
Highly undifferentiated spore-like cells can be isolated from many different tissues and bodily fluids and used to treat a wide variety of disorders.
7964206 Porous medical device and method for its manufacture  
Porous bioabsorbable, bioactive and load-bearing composite medical device structure includes a plurality of regular textile planar layers (1a, 1b . . . ) formed of continuous bioabsorbable polymer...