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7312077 Insulin-secreting immortalized liver cell line modified by glucose sensitivity  
The present invention provides a cell line which can be substituted for β cells in human mature pancreatic islets and express insulin in a glucose-concentration dependent manner, and enables the...
7312026 MRP-related ABC transporter encoding nucleic acids and methods of use thereof  
Novel human MOAT genes and their encoded proteins are provided herein. The MRP-related ABC transporters encoded by the disclosed nucleic acid sequences play a pivotal role in the efflux of...
7306927 Method of inducing immunity against stratum corneum chymotrytic enzyme  
The disclosed nucleic acid primer sets, used in combination with quantitative amplification (PCR) of tissue cDNA, can indicate the presence of specific proteases in a tissue sample. The detected...
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...
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.
7294333 Nucleic acid constructs and cells, and methods utilizing same for modifying the electrophysiological function of excitable tissues  
A method of modifying the electrophysiological function of an excitable tissue region of an individual is provided. The method includes the step of implanting cells into the excitable tissue...
7291605 Methods of treating various cancers using melanoma differentiation associated protein-7  
This invention provides a method for reversing the cancerous phenotype of a cancer cell by introducing a nucleic acid having the melanoma differentiation associated gene (mda-7) into the cell under...
7291597 Growth factor therapy mobilization of stem cells into the peripheral blood  
Stem cells are mobilized into the peripheral blood by a method comprising the steps of: (i) administering to an individual at least one of the following: FGF1 and FGF2, and also at least one of the...
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...
7288521 Growth factor therapy mobilization of stem cells into the peripheral blood  
Stem cells are mobilized into the peripheral blood by a method comprising the steps of: (i) administering to an individual at least one of the following: FGF1 and FGF2, and also at least one of the...
7285540 Medicament comprising HGF gene  
The present invention relates to a medicament comprising a HGF gene. The medicament of the present invention may be topically applied to the target organs so that the effects can be selectively...
7285527 Tumor radiosensitization using gene therapy  
The invention provides a method of radiosensitizing a tumor in a subject by contacting the tumor with a cytokine or a nucleic acid molecule encoding a cytokine. The invention also provides a method...
7282200 Mixed-cell gene therapy  
The subject invention is directed to a mixed cell composition to generate a therapeutic protein at a target site by providing a first population of mammalian cells transfected or transduced with a...
7282198 Immunotherapeutic methods targeted towards stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme  
The present invention discloses the protease stratum corneum chymotrytic enzyme (SCCE) is specifically over-expressed in ovarian and other malignancies. A number of SCCE peptides can induce immune...
7276234 Method of acquiring immunological tolerance  
The aim of the present invention is to provide a method of acquiring immunological tolerance to a foreign DNA or its expression product whereby the foreign DNA such as a vector carrying a foreign...
7270810 Veto cells effective in preventing graft rejection and devoid of graft versus host potential  
A method of transplanting a transplant derived from a donor into a recipient is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of (a) transplanting the transplant into the recipient; and (b)...
7268120 Methods for treating cancer using cytokine-expressing polynucleotides  
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a non-infectious, non-integrating polynucleotide construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding an interferon ω and one or...
7261887 Leishmania as carriers for the delivery of proteins and peptides  
Methods for delivering potentially therapeutic or prophylactic protein and peptide agents to mammalian cells are provided. The agents are delivered by mutant trypanosomatid protozoa that have been...
7261884 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.
RE39788 Gene therapy  
Primary human cells which are genetically engineered with DNA (RNA) encoding a marker or therapeutic which is expressed to be expressed in vivo. Such engineered cells may be used in gene therapy.
7252819 Methods and compositions for correction of cardiac conduction disturbances  
The invention provides methods for establishing electrical coupling between cardiomyocytes and recombinant cells which have been genetically engineered to express a connexin protein such as...
7250293 Complementing cell lines  
A packaging cell line capable of complementing recombinant adenoviruses based on serotypes from subgroup B, preferably adenovirus type 35. The cell line is preferably derived from primary diploid...
7247480 Method for producing dendritic cells  
Disclosed are embryonic stem cell-derived dendritic cells, genetically modified immature dendritic cells capable of maturation, as well as methods for the production of such cells. In one...
7247298 Treatment of brain damage  
The present invention relates to the treatment of brain damage by cellular transplantation. According to one aspect of the invention, a method for treating a motor, sensory and/or cognitive deficit...
7241742 CYP1B1 nucleic acids and methods of use  
The present invention provides nucleic acids containing transcriptional units that encode CYP1B1 polypeptides or portions thereof, wherein the transcriptional units lack sequences found in the...
7238528 Means and methods for fibroblast-like or macrophage-like cell transduction  
The invention provides a nucleic acid delivery vehicle with or having been provided with at least a tissue tropism for fibroblast-like or macrophage-like cells, preferably synoviocytes. In one...
7238347 Suicidal mutant Leishmania vaccine  
The present invention discloses the use of a mutant Leishmania as a suicidal vaccine wherein the mutant Leishmania is responsive to external signals to become porphyric and commit suicidal...
7235236 Polynucleotide encoding human adenylylcyclase VI and uses thereof for enhancing cardiac function  
The present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding human adenylylcyclase VI and uses thereof for enhancing cardiac function. The present invention can thus be used in the treatment of heart...
7235233 Serotype 5 adenoviral vectors with chimeric fibers for gene delivery in skeletal muscle cells or myoblasts  
The invention provides means and methods for transduction of a skeletal muscle cell and/or a muscle cell specific precursor thereof. Provided is the use of a gene delivery vehicle derived from an...
7226589 Treatment of diseases by site specific instillation of cells or site specific transformation of cells and kits therefor  
A method for the direct treatment towards the specific sites of a disease is disclosed. This method is based on the delivery of proteins by catheterization to discrete blood vessel segments using...
7220582 Stem cells that transform to beating cardiomyocytes  
Disclosed herein is a novel isolated population of stem cells, called spoc cells, that can be induced, either in vivo or in vitro, to differentiate into cardiomyocytes. Methods are disclosed herein...
7217571 Gene therapy by small fragment homologous replacement  
A method for gene therapy using small fragment homologous replacement. The method introduces small fragments of exogenous DNA into regions of endogenous genomic DNA virtually homologous to the...
7211569 Synthetic human papilloma virus genes  
Synthetic DNA molecules encoding papillomavirus proteins are provided. The codons of the synthetic molecules are codons preferred by the projected host cell. The synthetic molecules may be used as...
7211247 Lentivirus vectors for gene transfer to alveolar epithelial cells  
The present invention demonstrates that VSV-G-pseudotyped lentivirus vectors efficiently transduce AEC in primary culture and in vivo with transduction favored by virus application from the apical...
7202227 Multifunctional molecular complexes for gene transfer to cells  
A multifunctional molecular complex for the transfer of a nucleic acid composition to a target cell is provided The complex is comprised of A) said nucleic acid composition and B) a transfer moiety...
7201899 Materials and methods for management of hyperacute rejection in human xenotransplantation  
Human pre-formed xenoantibodies play an important role in the hyperacute rejection response in human xenotransplantation. Disclosed are materials and methods for removing or neutralizing such...
7196070 Prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of the ductal epithelium of a mammary gland for cancer  
The present invention provides prophylactic and therapeutic methods of treating the ductal epithelium of an exocrine gland, in particular a mammary gland, for disease, in particular cancer. The...
7186409 Neural stem cells and use thereof for brain tumor therapy  
The present invention is based upon a surprising finding that stem cells, more particularly neural stem cells, can migrate throughout a brain tumor and track metastatic brain tumor cells. The...
7183262 Method for selective expression of therapeutic genes by hyperthermia  
A method for controlling in vivo heat-inducible gene expression for provision of therapeutic polypeptide. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a construct comprising a polynucleotide...
7179649 Differentiation of adipose stromal cells into osteoblasts and uses thereof  
The invention provides methods and compositions for differentiating stromal cells from adipose tissue into cells having osteoblastic properties, and methods for improving a subject's bone...
7179459 Ex vivo and in vivo expression of the thrombomodulin gene for the treatment of cardiovascular and peripheral vascular diseases  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treatment of cardiovascular and peripheral vascular diseases using ex vivo and in vivo gene delivery technologies. One aspect of the...
7176186 Stimulation of cell-mediated immune responses by targeted particulate genetic immunization  
The present invention relates to various methods of genetic immunization for the purpose of providing antigen-specific immunity in a mammalian host, including a human host. The invention is based...
7176021 Mutant cells with altered sialic acid  
The invention provides cells useful to propagate influenza virus mutants having reduced sialidase activity.
7175840 Compositions for gene therapy of rheumatoid arthritis including a gene encoding an anti-angiogenic protein or parts thereof  
The present invention relates to the compositions for a gene therapy of rheumatoid arthritis including a gene encoding an anti-angiogenic protein or parts thereof. More specifically, the present...
7172869 Methods for transfecting T cells  
A method for transfecting T cells with a nucleic acid molecule comprising a gene such that the gene is expressed in the T cells is described. The T cells are stimulated and proliferating prior to...
7166279 Myoblast transfer therapy for relieving pain and for treating behavioral and perceptive abnormalities  
An analgesic benefit is realized by continuously supplying a peptide in vivo that activates an opioid receptor or that interferes with the binding of substance P to its receptors. The long-term,...
7163679 Versican and epithelial-mesenchymal interaction  
The invention describes versican activation and modulation of hair growth, e.g., versican expressing dermal papilla cells exhibit hair induction ability.
7160539 Regulation of T cell-mediated immunity by tryptophan  
A mechanism of macrophage-induced T cell suppression is the selective elimination of tryptophan and/or increase in one or more tryptophan metabolites within the local macrophage microenvironment...
7157435 Methods for modulation of the effects of aging on the primate brain  
The invention provides a clinically useful protocol for delivery of recombinant nervous system growth factors into the aging mammalian brain. The invention is particularly useful in tempering and...
7153501 Hematopoietic stem cells and methods of treatment of neovascular eye diseases therewith  
Isolated, mammalian, bone marrow-derived, lineage negative hematopoietic stem cell populations (Lin − HSC) contain endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) capable of forming retinal blood vessels. At...