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6472210 Polymer scaffold having microporous polymer struts defining interconnected macropores  
A polymer scaffold is provided having an extensively interconnected macroporous network with macropores having microporous struts as walls. Macropore diameter ranges from about 0.5 to about 3.5 mm....
6465226 Preparing small microcapsules containing high concentration of cells or tissue  
Biologically active substances such as cells or tissue are microencapsulated by methods that provide a high proportion of microcapsules containing a core of the biologically active substance as...
6465001 Treating medical conditions by polymerizing macromers to form polymeric materials  
Water soluble macromers are modified by addition of free radical polymerizable groups, such as those containing a carbon-carbon double or triple bond, which can be polymerized under mild conditions...
6461865 Calreticulin-deficient cells  
The invention relates to calreticulin-deficient cells. The cells can be either homozygous or heterozygous for the calreticulin mutation.
6455048 Prevention of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases with hsp70-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6454804 Engineered tissue annulus fibrosis augmentation methods and apparatus  
Living annulus fibrosis cells are combined with annulus fibrosis extracellular matrix obtained from recently deceased human or animal donors to restore disc function and eliminate pain in patients...
6451305 Methods for stimulating T cell responses to tumor cells expressing LFA-3 and a CD28 or CTLA4 ligand  
Methods for stimulating a T cell response to a tumor cell in a subject with a tumor which involve modifying the tumor cell to express a CD2 ligand and a CD28 or CTLA4 ligand, are disclosed. Methods...
6444205 Transplantation of neural cells for the treatment of chronic pain or spasticity  
Methods for using neural cells to treat chronic pain and/or spasticity are described. The neural cells can be derived from any mammal, and are preferably human or porcine in origin. The neural...
6444236 Compositon containing medicinal herbs and young antlers of cornu cervi  
A composition is provided for use in health foods for promoting the circulation of blood, prepared from medicinal herbs, including Lycium chinense Miller, Agastache rugosa (Fischer et Meyer) O....
6432399 Treatment of stress and preconditioning against stress  
Symptoms of stress such as elevated blood pressure in mammals are treated, and mammalian bodies are preconditioned to manifest reduced adverse reactions to subsequently encountered stresses, by...
6432653 Device and process for cell capture and recovery  
Devices, processes and compositions are provided for effective separation of cells from a mixture of cells, where depletion or positive selection may be employed to provide a cellular population of...
6428802 Preparing artificial organs by forming polylayers of different cell populations on a substrate  
Compositions and methods are provided for producing multilayered artificial organs comprising heterogenous polylayers. Polylayers comprising homogenous cell populations are created on one side of a...
6426222 Method for inducing osteoblast differentiation of human extramedullary adipose tissue cells  
A method for inducing osteoblast differentiation and/or for obtaining cells engaged in osteoblast differentiation, starting from human extramedullary adipose tissue cells, comprising the step...
6426214 Cell encapsulating device containing a cell displacing core for maintaining cell viability  
Cell encapsulating devices capable of maintaining large numbers of viable cells are provided containing an inert, substantially cell-free core that displaces cells, a permeable membrane and a zone...
6413538 Bioactive glass or ceramic substrates having bound cell adhesion molecules  
Non-crystalline, porous bioactive glass and ceramic materials are prepared that permit in vitro formation of bone tissue when exposed to a tissue culture medium and inoculated with cells. The...
6403080 Methods of modulating an immune response to antigen, and cells for use in the method  
Disclosed are methods and compositions wherein opsonin-enhanced cells, that is, cells which have been 1) modified so as to express an opsonin from a recombinant nucleic acid, 2) modified so as to...
6403104 Hapten-conjugated mammalian cells and methods of making and using thereof  
The present invention is directed to mammalian cells conjugated to a hapten and methods of making and using thereof. Conjugating hapten to mammalian cells is a useful way of preventing cells from...
6399070 Methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response with hsp90-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6399058 Methods for treating ocular diseases  
Methods, for lowering intraocular pressure by implanting in the anterior chamber encapsulated cells which secrete an intraocular pressure lowering substance.
6399060 Composition having nematicidal activity  
A pesticide composition that includes a metabolite from a fungus selected from homeocarpic basidiomycetes and homeocarpic ascomycetes is described. In one embodiment, the fungus from which the...
6399057 Method for the propagation of hair  
Method of reproduction of hair, which method comprises the following steps: (1) removal of hair in the anagen phase from one or more donor regions in such a way that the bulb characteristic of...
6399069 Prevention of infectious diseases with hsp70-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6391306 Treatment of infectious diseases with hsp90-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6383481 Method for transplantation of hemopoietic stem cells  
This invention relates to a method of transplanting hemopoietic stem cells which Comprises subjecting a recipient to a radiation treatment using an effective exposure dose for hemopoietic stem cell...
6383491 Prevention of infectious diseases with hsp90-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6383492 Treatment of infectious diseases with gp96-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6383494 Methods and composition for eliciting an immune response with gp96-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6379953 Ligands that modulate differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells  
Disclosed are compositions and methods for accelerating the differentiation of human MSCs into the osteogenic lineage with resultant enhanced de novo bone formation. This makes possible improved...
6379672 Prevention of infectious diseases with gp96-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6375953 Treatment of infectious diseases with HSP70-peptide complexes  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for eliciting an immune response and the prevention and treatment of primary and metastatic neoplastic diseases and infectious diseases....
6375950 Methods for inducing T cell unresponsiveness to donor tissue or organ in a recipient with gp39 antagonists  
Methods for inducing T cell tolerance to a tissue or organ graft in a transplant recipeint are disclosed. The methods involve administering to a subject: 1) an allogeneic or xenogeneic cell which...
6376238 Culture media for neurons, methods for preparing the culture media, and methods for culturing neurons  
The present invention is directed to a culture medium for neurons prepared by adding albumin to a culture supernatant obtained from a culture of primary astroglial cells in a trophic medium...
6376245 Associations of antagonistic prokaryotes with eukaryotes  
The invention provides a process for protecting whole eukaryotes or parts thereof from an invasive attack from an invasive agent which comprises, selecting a prokaryotic bacterium which is capable...
6372210 Method for repopulating human bone marrow comprising culturing CD34&plus cells in a serum free medium  
A serum-free medium which supports the proliferation and differentiation of CD34 + cells purified from normal bone marrow, peripheral blood of patients treated with cytokines, and umbilical cord...
6368592 Method of delivering oxygen to cells by electrolyzing water  
Oxygen is supplied to cells in vitro or in vivo by generating oxygen with an oxygen generator that electrolyzes water to oxygen and hydrogen. Oxygen can be generated substantially without...
6368858 Modulation of multicellular aggregates by pressure from growth in a matrix  
Cells in a matrix or in the matrix in a vessel are grown to form a multicellular aggregate. Pressure is exerted on the growing cells by the matrix or the matrix together with the vessel due to...
6368593 Enhanced immunogenic cell populations prepared using H2 receptor antagonists  
This invention provides a method to enhance alloactivation in a mixed lymphocyte culture. Alloactivated cells are effective in treating tumors when implanted into a tumor site or coinjected with...
6368859 Methods and compositions for producing a fascial sling  
The present invention describes methods for producing artificial fascial slings and their subsequent use in treating subjects with urinary incontinence. The invention is based, in part, on the...
6365153 Mechanically elongated neuronal cells and methods for producing and using these cells  
Mechanically elongated neuronal cells and methods of mechanically producing elongated cells are provided. Also provided are methods for transplanting elongated neuronal cells into an animal for...
6365385 Methods of culturing and encapsulating pancreatic islet cells  
Cells, preferably isolated pancreatic islet cells, are treated with a compound or a combination of compounds selected from an antioxidant, an anti-cytokine, an anti-endotoxin and an antibiotic. The...
6352557 Treating degenerative disc disease through transplantion of extracellular nucleus pulposus matrix and autograft nucleus pulposus cells  
Living nucleus pulposus cells are combined with nucleus pulposus extracellular matrix obtained from recently deceased human or animal donors to restore disc function and eliminate pain in patients...
6352694 Methods for inducing a population of T cells to proliferate using agents which recognize TCR/CD3 and ligands which stimulate an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells  
Methods for inducing a population of T cells to proliferate by activating the population of T cells and stimulating an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells with a ligand which binds the...
6352707 Transplant encapsulation in a hydrogel matrix to obscure immune recognition  
Immune recognition of a transplant such as tissue implanted in a host mammal is obscured by encapsulating the transplant in a hydrogel matrix containing gelatin, dextran, at least one nitric oxide...
6350445 Method of treating cancer with a tumor cell line having modified cytokine expression  
The present invention provides a method of treating cancer comprising (a) obtaining a tumor cell line, (b) modifying the tumor cell line to render it capable of producing an increased level of a...
6348444 Human growth hormone to stimulate hematopoiesis and immune reconstitution after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in humans  
The invention relates to the use of human growth hormone for the manufacture of a medicament for stimulating hematopoiesis and immune reconstitution to be administered to a patient in need thereof...
6340369 Treating degenerative disc disease with harvested disc cells and analogues of the extracellular matrix  
Living intervertebral disc cells are harvested, cultured and combined with type-specific collagen-glycosaminoglycan extracellular matrix analogues to restore disc function and eliminate pain in...
6333031 Receptor derived peptides as modulators of receptor activity  
Oligopeptides having an amino acid sequence corresponding to a receptor's extracellular domain, and having sequence similarity to regulatory peptides from MHC class I antigens, enhance or replace...
6333028 Method of using haptenized ovarian carcinoma tumor cells  
The present invention is directed to compositions and methods of treating cancer. The compositions of the present invention include a composition prepared from a tumor cell which is hapten modified...
6328969 Method and compositions for stimulation of an immune response to a differentiation antigen stimulated by an altered differentiation antigen  
Tolerance of the immune system for self differentiation antigens can be overcome and an immune response stimulated by administration of a therapeutic differentiation antigen. The therapeutic...
6326465 Immunomodulatory polypeptides derived from the invariant chain of MHC class II  
Polypeptides derived from a proteolytically cleaved portion of the invariant chain of MHC class II, termed CLIP, have been found to have immune modulatory properties. Depending on the portions of...