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7022522 Macroporous polymer scaffold containing calcium phosphate particles  
A polymer scaffold is provided comprising an extensively interconnected macroporous network. The polymer scaffold embodies macropores having a diameter in a range of 0.5-3.5 mm, and preferably in a...
7019192 Composition for filling bone defects  
The invention is directed toward a formable bone composition for application to a bone defect site to promote new bone growth at the site which comprises a new bone growth inducing compound of...
7018632 Method for ex vivo immunization using heterologous intact bispecific and/or trispecific antibodies  
According to the invention there is described a method for ex vivo immunization of humans and animals comprising the following steps: a) isolating autologous tumor cells; b) treating the...
7014849 Keratinocyte culture and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to the treatment of skin defects by organotypically-cultured autologous keratinocytes isolated from the outer root sheath of anagen or growing hair. Methods for...
7014859 Entomopathogenic nematode for control of insect pests  
A nematode collected from Diaprepes abbreviatus was identified and described as a new species, Steinernema diaprepesi n. sp. The new species can be distinguished from other species of the genus...
7011829 Tissue filler  
Disclosed are a tissue filler and tissue reconstruction method using the same that enables missing or reduced tissue of a body to recover to a normal state thereof, and the tissue filler comprised...
7009039 Plasma protein matrices and methods for their preparation  
A freeze dried biocompatible matrix comprising plasma proteins, useful as implants for tissue engineering as well as in biotechnology, and methods of producing the matrix are provided. Mechanical...
7001767 Method for in vitro propagation of the agent responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies  
The invention concerns a method for in vitro propagation of the agent responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion, comprising steps which consist in: providing a culture or...
6995013 Cell-scaffold composition containing five layers  
A cell-scaffold composition that comprised of at least five layers of biocompatible material, each of which layers is coated with a biological sealant material and contains different cells The...
6995299 Propagation of human hepatocytes in non-human animals  
The present invention relates to the preparation of non-human animals having chimeric livers, whereby some or substantially all of the hepatocytes present are human hepatocytes. It is based, at...
6994851 Method of inducing a CTL response  
A method of inducing a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response to an antigen is disclosed. The method involves delivering the antigen to the lymphatic system of an animal regularly over a sustained...
6994853 Time-staggered utilization of tumor cells in combination with intact antibodies for immunization  
The invention relates to the time-staggered utilization of tumor cells in combination with intact, preferably heterologous antibodies for the immunization of humans and animals.
6989271 Schwann cells originating in myeloid interstitial cells  
There is provided a method of inducing bone marrow stromal cells to differentiate into bone marrow stromal cell-derived Schwann cells in vitro, comprising the steps of: collecting bone marrow...
6984383 Method of transplanting cells by contacting donor cells with B7-1-and B7-2-specific immunoglobulins  
The invention relates to a humanized anti-B7-2 antibody that comprises a variable region of nonhuman origin and at least a portion of an immunoglobulin of human origin. The invention also pertains...
6977084 Pet food containing Perna canaliculus for maintenance of joint health and alleviation of arthritic symptoms  
A pet food product and process for producing the pet food product for use in maintenance of healthy joints and alleviation of arthritic symptoms in companion animals, the pet food comprising an...
6977076 Methods for obtaining from Chlorella extract polysaccharides having immunomodulating properties  
Chlorella extracts containing high molecular weight Chlorella polysaccharide and polysaccharide complexes show immune modulatory, specifically immune stimulatory, activity. The polysaccharide...
6977073 Method for stimulating an immune response  
A method is described whereby dendritic cells derived from the CD34+ and CD 34−hematopoietic cell lineages are directed to become programmable antigen presenting cells. The programmed cells may...
6974576 Chlorella composition having high molecular weight polysaccharides and polysaccharide complexes  
Chlorella extracts containing high molecular weight Chlorella polysaccharide and polysaccharide complexes show immune modulatory, specifically immune stimulatory, activity. The polysaccharide...
6969523 Collagen/glycosaminoglycan matrix stable to sterilizing by electron beam radiation  
Compositions of cross-linked collagen and a glycosaminoglycan are provided which retain characteristics rendering them useful as tissue engineering matrices or scaffolds following terminal...
6969608 Pharmaceuticals containing multipotential precursor cells from tissues containing sensory receptors  
Current sources of neural stem and progenitor cells for neural transplantation are essentially inaccessible in living animals. This invention relates to neural precursor cells (stem cells,...
6967029 Method for increasing hematopoietic progenitor cells by stem cell factor  
Novel stem cell factors, oligonucleotides encoding the same, and methods of production, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating disorders involving blood cells are also...
6964765 Inhibitors of apoptosis  
The invention provides methods and compositions relating to novel human cellular inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (c-IAP1/2) comprising a series of defined structural domain repeats and/or a RING...
6964869 Method and composition for skin grafts  
A chimeric skin comprising immortalized human keratinocyte cells cocultured with donor keratinocytes is disclosed.
6962775 Wound repair dressings and methods for their preservation  
Methods and products relating the preservation of cultured mammalian epithelial or mesenchymal cells are provided. The methods involve the pre-treatment of epithelial cells with a solution...
6958149 Repair of larynx, trachea, and other fibrocartilaginous tissues  
Provided herein are methods and devices for inducing the formation of functional replacement nonarticular cartilage tissues and ligament tissues. These methods and devices involve the use of...
6955809 Retinal cell grafts  
Surgical instruments, surgical techniques, grafts, cell and tissue isolation techniques, and a method for transplanting retinal cells, including photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, and...
6953576 Method of modulating tumor immunity  
Novel cells and molecules involved in tumor immunity are disclosed. The novel cells are regulatory T-cells having the phenotype CD3 + αβ-TcR + CD4 − CD8 − CD44 − CD28 − NK1.1 − . The...
6949252 Method for preparing an implantable multilayer tissue construct  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preparing tissues or tissue constructs. In selected embodiments, the invention relates to the construction of a multi-layered...
6943021 Three dimensional vaginal tissue model containing immune cells  
Disclosed is a cervico-vaginal tissue equivalent comprised of vaginal epithelial cells and immune cells, cultured at the air-liquid interface. The tissue equivalent is capable of being infected...
6942873 Microfabrication of membranes containing projections and grooves for growing cells  
The present invention provides a novel substrate for use in growing cells and for the study of mechanobiology. The membrane of the present invention comprises appropriate microtopography and...
6942879 Bioartificial filtration device for filtering blood to mimic kidney function  
A novel cell seeded hollow fiber bioreactor is described as a potential bioartificial kidney. Endothelial cells along with pericyte, vascular smooth muscle, and/or mesangial cells or any...
6942639 Autologous platelet gel delivery system  
The delivery system of the present invention is comprised of at least two chambers which store, individually, an activated blood component and an inactivated blood component. The first chamber...
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...
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...
6927207 Recombinant mistletoe lectines  
The present invention relates to isolated mistletoe lectin polypeptides and the pharmaceutical composition comprising the polypeptides thereof. Also, the present invention relates to processes for...
6923959 Method of pre-inducing a state of immune tolerance before organ transplantation  
Methods and compositions are described for the treatment of type I insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and other conditions using newly identified stem cells that are capable of differentiation...
6913762 Stent having non-woven framework containing cells  
Implantable medical devices that include a non-woven framework are described, as well as methods of using such devices to deliver therapeutic compounds to a patient.
6911202 Cosmetic repair using cartilage producing cells and medical implants coated therewith  
A method of cosmetically repairing a skin contour irregularity in a subject is provided. The method is effected by introducing cartilage producing cells into the skin contour irregularity thereby...
6911201 Method of producing undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells using a stationary phase plug-flow bioreactor  
A method of expanding/maintaining undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells or progenitor cells by obtaining undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells or progenitor cells; and either seeding the...
6902932 Helically organized silk fibroin fiber bundles for matrices in tissue engineering  
The present invention provides a novel silk-fiber-based matrix having a wire-rope geometry for use in producing a ligament or tendon, particularly an anterior cruciate ligament, ex vivo for...
6899873 Method of forming micro-tubular polymeric materials  
The present invention discloses the design and fabrication of highly porous (up to 97%) scaffolds from biodegradable polymers with a novel phase-separation technique to generate controllable...
6900055 Preparation of porous silicone rubber for growing cells or living tissue  
A method of making a silicone rubber having a structure adapted for growth of cells or living tissue, which comprises contacting a silicone rubber precursor with a biologically-acceptable...
6897060 Composition comprising multipotent neural stem cells for generation of hematopoietic cells  
Multipotent neural stem cell (MNSC) progeny are induced to generate cells of the hematopoietic system by placing the MNSC progeny in a hematopoietic-inducing environment. The hematopoietic-inducing...
6893634 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...
6890527 Methods of treatment  
A method of producing active immunity against a bacterial or protozoal disease in a subject comprises administering to the subject a vaccine conjugate comprising a live bacteria or protozoa and a...
6887488 Nano-calcium phosphates/collagen based bone substitute materials  
The present invention relates to a nano-calcium phosphates/collagen composite that mimics the natural bone, both in composition and microstructure, as well as porous bone substitute and tissue...
6878371 Therapeutic angiogenesis by bone marrow-derived cell transplantation in myocardial ischemic tissue and skeletal muscle ischemic tissue  
This invention provides methods of forming new blood vessels in diseased or damaged tissue in a subject, methods of increasing blood flow to diseased or damaged tissue in a subject, and methods of...
6875442 Process for growing tissue in a biocompatible macroporous polymer scaffold and products therefrom  
A polymer scaffold is provided comprising an extensively interconnected macroporous network. The polymer scaffold embodies macropores having a diameter in a range of 0.5-3.5 mm, and preferably in a...
6875430 Mesenchymal stem cells for prevention and treatment of immune responses in transplantation  
A method of reducing an immune response to a transplant in a recipient by treating said recipient with an amount of mesenchymal stem cells effective to reduce or inhibit host rejection of the...
6872389 Liver stem cell  
The invention provides methods of isolating a primary liver stem cell by identifying a cell doublet containing a hepatocytes and the stem cell and isolating the doublet from liver tissue.