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7390484 Self-contained adipose derived stem cell processing unit  
Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained...
7384630 Chimeric pancreas  
Novel methods, tissues and compositions for increasing the pancreatic mass of a mammalian recipient including harvesting immature pancreatic tissue from a mammalian donor and transplanting said...
7378088 Base material for regenerating an air sinus and regeneration method thereof  
The instant invention provides a base material characterized by having a continuous three-dimensional honeycomb structure for regenerating an air sinus. The invention further provides methods for...
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...
7375077 In vivo synthesis of connective tissues  
The in vivo synthesis of connective tissue by fibroblast or fibroblast precursor cells ensconced within a biocompatible scaffold is disclosed. The cells are preferably present in a biocompatible...
7371575 Process for ex vivo formation of mammalian bone and uses thereof  
The present invention concerns methods for the ex vivo formation of mammalian bone and subsequent uses of the bone. A critical and distinguishing feature of the present invention are defined tissue...
7364729 Method of inducing a CTL response  
Disclosed herein are methods for inducing an immunological CTL response to an antigen by sustained, regular delivery of the antigen to a mammal so that the antigen reaches the lymphatic system....
7361334 Method of treatment of diabetes through induction of immunological tolerance  
A method of creating tolerance to transplanted cells, tissue, or organs without the need for continuous immunosuppression. A tolerizing dose of a cell or tissue within a membrane structure is...
7361333 Prevention of diabetes through induction of immunological tolerance  
A method of creating tolerance to transplanted cells, tissue, or organs without the need for continuous immunosuppression. A tolerizing dose of a cell or tissue within a membrane structure is...
7354702 Processing tissue to produce a biopolymer scaffold for tissue engineering  
A method of forming and preserving a bioremodelable, biopolymer scaffold material by subjecting animal tissue, particularly fetal or neo-natal tissue, to chemical and mechanical processing. The...
7351584 Hepatocyte bioreactor system for long term culture of functional hepatocyte spheroids  
A rotating wall vessel is used as a culture vessel and bioreactor for the cultivation of hepatocytes in the form of spheroids to generate a culture with many properties of the intact liver. These...
7351408 Glycoconjugates and methods  
Methods for making the functionalized glycoconjugates include (a) contacting a cell with a first monosaccharide, and (b) incubating the cell under conditions whereby the cell (i) internalizes the...
7348176 Chamber with adjustable volume for cell culture and organ assist  
The invention features modular chambers for culturing cells in which the volume of a chamber can be adjusted without compromising the seal or sterility of the chamber. The invention is based on the...
7347999 Methods of treatment of hematopoietic disorders  
A composition comprising bone marrow cells (BMC) and demineralized bone matrix (DBM) and/or mineralized bone matrix (MBM), optionally comprising bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), particularly for...
7341719 Myoblast therapy for cosmetic treatment  
Compositions and methods of treating mammalian diseases using myoblasts, and/or their physical, genetic, chemical derivatives. Myogenic cells that are normal, or genetically or phenotypically...
7338657 Injectable microspheres for tissue construction  
The present invention relates to injectable compositions comprising biocompatible, hydrophilic, non-toxic and substantially spherical microspheres associated with stem cells useful for tissue...
7335354 Methods for the reduction of malignant tumors by an eosinophil/helminth therapy  
The invention is a method of reducing malignant tumor sizes in mammals by eliciting activated eosinophils to infiltrate the tumor by using helminth excretory and secretory antigens, helminth ova,...
7335353 Porcine cells comprising an adenovirus E3 gene region  
The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of porcine adenovirus type 3 (PAV-3) is provided. Methods for construction of infectious PAV genomes by homologous recombination in procaryotic cells...
7332158 Compositions and treatments for myelosuppression by ex vivo activated immune cells  
The disclosure includes protocols of activating and administering human blood cells to myelosuppressed patients, including patients treated for cancer, e.g., by chemotherapy or radiation. The...
7332157 Methods for human allografting  
A method of preparing a human recipient for a graft from a human which includes: inducing mixed chimerism in the recipient (e.g., by administering to the recipient irradiation or chemotherapy),...
7329543 Red blood cells loaded with S-nitrosothiol and uses therefor  
Red blood cells can be loaded with low molecular weight nitrosylating agents, such as S-nitrosothiols, to act as a delivery system for NO + groups to tissues. Loaded red blood cells can be used in...
7326570 Induction of tubular morphogenesis using pleiotrophin  
Provided are methods and compositions for constructing stable mammalian embryonic epithelial tissues and organs as well as constructing kidney tissue, and treating renal failure. Disclosed are...
7323445 Methods and compositions for healing and repair of articular cartilage  
Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of articular cartilage defects and disease involving the combination of tissue, such as osteochondral grafts, with active growth factor. The...
7323190 Cell delivery system comprising a fibrous matrix and cells  
Cell storage and delivery systems and methods for storing and delivering viable cells to a mammal are disclosed. The cell storage and delivery systems include a biodegradable and/or bioabsorbable...
7316927 Culture of goblet cells  
The invention encompasses isolation, culture and characterization of goblet cells in vitro from mammalian conjuctiva. Goblet cells can be cultured from conjunctiva of such mammals as, e.g., humans,...
7314615 IκB Kinase-β (IKKβ) binding antibodies and methods of using same  
The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding IκB kinase (IKK) catalytic subunit polypeptides, which are associated with an IKK serine protein kinase that...
7306943 Keratinocytes useful for the treatment of wounds  
The invention relates to new keratinocytes which may be cultured in vitro and the advantageous use thereof for preparing a product which can be used to treat acute and chronic wounds.
7297331 Beads containing restricted cancer cells producing material suppressing cancer cell proliferation  
Compositions of matter are described which contain restricted cancer cells. When so restricted, the cells produce an unexpectedly high amount of material which suppresses cancer cell proliferation....
7297330 Low dose haptenized tumor cell and tumor cell extract immunotherapy  
This invention relates to compositions comprising haptenized tumor cells and extracts thereof, methods for preparing the compositions, vaccines comprising such haptenized tumor cells, and methods...
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...
7294331 Methods of using flt3-ligand in hematopoietic cell transplantation  
Ligands for flt3 receptors capable of transducing self-renewal signals to regulate the growth, proliferation or differentiation of progenitor cells and stem cells are disclosed. The invention is...
7291450 Preparation of a cell concentrate from a physiological solution  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions regarding the preparation of an cell concentrate, such as, for example, an osteogenic cell concentrate, from a physiological solution,...
7288255 Prevention of immunoreactivity by depleting or inhibiting antigen presenting cells  
The invention includes compositions and methods for depleting antigen presenting cells, or for impairing the biological function of antigen presenting cells, which compositions are useful for...
7285415 Oligodendrocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells for remyelination and treatment of spinal cord injury  
This invention provides populations of neural cells bearing markers of glial cells, such as oligodendrocytes and their precursors. The populations are generated by differentiating pluripotent stem...
7282201 Methods of promoting the growth or differentiation of hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells by non-muscle type cofilin  
This invention has as its object providing promoters of the growth and/or differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitors which are useful as therapeutics of diseases...
7279156 Apoptotic entities for use in treatment of endothelium dysfunction disorders  
Treatment and/or prophylaxis of endothelial dysfunction-related disorders in mammalian patients is effected by administering to the patient effective amounts of apoptotic bodies and/or apoptotic...
7273756 Method for chondrocyte expansion with phenotype retention  
The present invention provides a method that maintains chondrocyte phenotype during serial expansion by culturing a population of chondrocytes in a defined serum-free culture medium containing...
7273607 Health enhancement method  
A health enhancement system establishing a health enhancement program through which may be provided a group of natural products, vitamins and minerals, amino acids, herbs and essential oils that...
7270829 Industrial production of meat using cell culture methods  
A meat product containing in vitro produced animal cells in a three dimensional form and a method for producing the meat product.
7270813 Coupling agents for orthopedic biomaterials  
The invention provides a method for the preparation of bone-polymer composites wherein the mineral portion of the bone is treated with a coupling agent before being incorporated into a...
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.
7259012 Use of oxidized lipoproteins for differentiation of precursor cells into mature dendritic cells  
The invention concerns a method for differentiating precursor cells into mature dendritic cells, comprising placing the precursor cells in a medium suitable for their differentiation and adding to...
7255880 Treatment of endothelin-related disorders  
Endothelin-related disorders in mammals can be alleviated by administration to such patients of one or more aliquots of mammalian blood subjected to two or more stressors selected from temperature...
7250286 Methods for the in vitro culture of Sporozoea sp. and uses thereof  
The invention relates to a method of excysting and growing protozoal oocysts by in vitro tissue culture resulting in production of a continuous culture of merozoites. The invention also provides an...
7244552 Artificial dermis and production method therefor  
Artificial dermis ( 1 ) obtained from plasma with platelets ( 2 ) and human fibroblasts. The plasma with platelets ( 2 ) is obtained from the fractionating of total blood ( 4 ) from the patient ( 8...
7244442 Method for making devices using polyhydroxyalkanoate having pyrogen removed  
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from which pyrogen has been removed are provided for use in numerous biomedical applications. PHAs which have been chemically modified to enhance physical and/or...
7232566 Methods for treating HIV infected subjects  
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...
7229808 Bioreactor  
The present invention relates to a process for producing a bioreactor using viable immobilized biological material and to the bioreactor itself. More particularly, the present invention relates to...
7223596 Malignant endothelial cell line and uses thereof in models for angiogenesis  
An immortalized hemangiosarcoma cell line of malignant canine endothelial cells which possesses surface expression characteristics and growth factor and cytokine expression profiles typical of...
7223391 Method for treating mammals with modified mammalian blood  
An improved method for treating or preventing a pathological condition in a mammalian subject in which modified mammalian blood is administered to the subject. The method comprises administering to...