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6596269 Methods of treating chronic pain  
This invention pertains to the surprising discovery of novel compositions and methods which selectively treat chronic pain while not significantly affecting basal nociceptive, acute pain,...
6596280 Method for generating birnavirus from synthetic RNA transcripts  
A system for the generation of live Bimavirus such as infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), a segmented double-stranded (ds) RNA virus of the Bimaviridae family, using synthetic transcripts...
6593111 Directional assembly of large viral genomes and chromosomes  
Full-length, functionally intact genomes or chromosomes are directionally assembled with partial cDNA or DNA subclones of a genome. This approach facilitates the reconstruction of genomes and...
6592874 Recombinant alphavirus-based vectors with reduced inhibition of cellular macromolecular synthesis  
Isolated nucleic acid molecules are disclosed, comprising an alphavirus nonstructural protein gene which, when operably incorporated into a recombinant alphavirus particle, eukaryotic layered...
6593123 Large-scale recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) production and purification  
Methods are provided for large-scale purification of recombinant AAV (rAAV) virions that were produced in the absence of infectious adenovirus. Preferably, the rAAV is produced in a host cell line...
6593134 Method of propagating chicken infectious anemia virus  
The present invention relates to a method of propagating chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV). This method involves providing a Marek's disease chicken cell line—CU147 culture and inoculating...
6593141 Scorpion toxins  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding scorpion toxins that are K-channel modifiers. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or...
6589534 Hepatitis B virus binding proteins and uses thereof  
An isolated nucleic acid, a recombinant protein encoded thereby and uses thereof. The isolated nucleic acid including (a) a polynucleotide at least 60% identical to SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5 or portions...
6589522 Vaccines against infections caused by YF virus; YF infectious cDNA, method for producing a recombinant YF virus from the YF infectious cDNA and plasmids to assemble the YF infectious cDNA  
The present invention is related to a vaccine composition for humans against YF infections consisting essencially of a recombinant YF virus, YFiv5.2/DD, which is regenerated from YF infectious...
6586208 Use of suppressor tRNA's to regulate cytotoxicity during the production of recombinant gene products  
Suppressor tRNA's are used to regulate expression of transgenes that are toxic, or the expression thereof requires a factor that is toxic, to the host cell.
6582693 Recombinant MVA virus expressing the E2 gene of Bovine papillomavirus and its use in the therapy of tumors generated by papillomaviruses  
A recombinant vaccinia virus derived from the vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) encoding and capable of expressing the E2 gene of Bovine papillomavirus. Also, the use of the virus in the treatment of...
6582915 Production of anti-self bodies from antibody segment repertories and displayed on phage  
Methods are disclosed for the production of anti-self antibodies and antibody fragments, being antibodies or fragments of a particular species of mammal which bind self antigens of that species....
6582947 Medical use of gene and vector encoding a multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinase  
By inserting a DNA or RNA sequence comprising a subsequence showing a homology of at least 60%, preferably at least 80%, and most preferably at least 90% of the DNA sequence of SEQ. ID. NO. 1 into...
6576456 Chimeric adenovirus fiber protein  
The invention provides a chimeric adenovirus fiber protein including a nonnative amino acid sequence, and a chimeric adenovirus fiber protein lacking a native amino acid receptor-binding sequence....
6572863 Constitutive expression of non-infectious HIV-like particles  
Non-infectious, non-replicating immunogenic HIV-like particles are produced by stable long-term constitutive expression in mammalian cells by eliminating elements toxic to the mammalian cells. An...
6573090 Enhanced packaging of herpes virus amplicons and generation of recombinant virus vectors  
The present invention relates to an enhanced and simplified herpes virus amplicon packaging system. The packaging system comprises a herpes virus amplicon vector and a packaging vector. In one...
6573041 Neuronal cell model and methods of use thereof  
We previously described a novel in vitro model of a non-productive herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection in neurally-differentiated (ND)-PC12 cells that allows for inducible virus...
6573081 Method for growing circoviruses  
Methods for growing circoviruses, in particular porcine circoviruses, which are obtained from an infected cell culture after one or more passages in cultures of porcine, bovine or human cells are...
6573078 Compounds which inhibit HIV replication  
This invention relates to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protein fragments which have antiviral activity, and particularly relates to HIV peptides derived from the HIV transmembrane...
6569422 Genetically engineered cell culture adapted infectious bursal diseases virus (IBDV) mutants  
The present invention relates to a method for the adaptation of infectious bursal disease viruses (IBDV) to growth in CEF cell culture. Changing the codons for amino acid residues 253 (Gln) and 284...
6569635 Growth state-specific immunofluorescent probes for determining physiological state and method of use  
A novel method for examining bacterial growth state is carried out by measuring the levels of conserved cytosolic proteins specific for alternative growth states, using bacterial specific antibody...
6569426 Tresyl-monomethoxypolyethylene glycol-modified viruses having viral infectivity  
Viruses are modified by coupling a polymer such as polyethylene glycol to obtain polymer-modified viruses that can exhibit reduced antigenicity while retaining infectivity, and which may exhibit...
6569679 Producer cell that generates adenoviral vectors encoding a cytokine and a conditionally lethal gene  
The present invention provides recombinant viral vectors carrying a vector construct which directs the expression of a gene product (e.g., HSVTK) that activates a compound with little or no...
6566343 High affinity nucleic acid ligands of complement system proteins  
Methods are described for the identification and preparation of high-affinity Nucleic Acid Ligands to Complement System Proteins. Methods are described for the identification and preparation of...
6566513 Lentivirus from the group of immunodeficiency viruses of drill monkeys (Mandrillus leucophaeus) and their use  
The present invention relates to an immunodeficiency virus of drill monkeys, its RNA, the corresponding cDNA, proteins derived therefrom and fragments of the nucleic acids or proteins. The...
6566117 Immortal cell line derived from grouper Epinephelus coioides and its applications therein  
The present invention describes (1) an immortal cell line derived from grouper and a method for establishing the cell line; (2) methods for mass producing and purifying aquatic viruses using the...
6566083 Method of detecting biologically active substances  
The present invention relates to a method of detecting biologically active substances affecting intracellular processes, an isolated DNA, a vector and a cell for use in the method. More...
6562350 Combined vaccine against both HAV and measles virus and method of producing it  
A combined hepatitis A-measles live vaccine, its lyophilized formulations with enhanced storage stability and methods of preparing the same by mixing the viral stocks of hepatitis A virus and...
6562376 DNA vaccines against poxviruses  
In this application is described a poxvirus naked DNA vaccine which protects animals against poxvirus challenge comprising IMV and EEV nucleic acids from poxvirus. Methods of use of the vaccine and...
6558923 Rapid single-cycle assay for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drug resistance  
The invention provides an in vitro single cycle, recombinant virus assay (RVA) for determining inhibition of HIV replication by a protease inhibitor. The assay comprises transfecting a human...
6555346 Protein expression in baculovirus vector expression systems  
The invention relates to a method to increase protein expression in baculo vector virus expression systems. The invention provides a method to produce a recombinant protein in insect-cell culture...
6555672 Growth differentiation factor promoter and uses therefor  
GDF promoters (e.g., GDF-8 promoters) are described. Also described are methods of using the GDF promoters to regulate tissue-specific gene expression, and to identify compounds which regulate GDF...
6555310 Polyclonal libraries  
The invention is directed to inter alia two related but self-sufficient improvements in conventional display methods. The first improvement provides methods of enriching conventional display...
6555107 Lentiviral nucleic acids and uses thereof  
The invention provides non-primate lentiviral vectors, packaging cells and packaging plasmids based, for example, on feline and ungulate retroviruses. In particular, the packaging plasmids are...
6551823 EBV-infected stomach cancer cell line  
An EBV strain infecting epithelial cells and a stomach cancer cell line cancerated by EBV are established to clarify the mechanism of canceration of epithelial cells into stomach cancer by EBV and...
6548301 Retroviral gene transfer vectors  
The invention relates to novel retroviral gene transfer vectors, preferably expression vectors, which, because of a reduced content of viral genes, are distinguished by a higher safety standard and...
6544527 Non-infectious, immunogenic, human immunodeficiency virus-like particles devoid of long terminal repeats and a functional pol coding region  
Non-infectious, retrovirus-like particles contain mutations to reduce gag-dependent RNA-packaging of the gag gene product, eliminate reverse transcriptase activity of the pol gene product,...
6544731 Production of anti-self antibodies from antibody segment repertories and displayed on phage  
Methods are disclosed for the production of anti-self antibodies and antibody fragments, being antibodies or fragments of a particular species of mammal which bind self antigens of that species....
6544770 Quantitation of viruses by light scattering  
A method for determining the number or concentration of virus particles in a sample by use of a light scattering detector. The method may be used to quantitate purified virus preparations or virus...
6544507 Anti-neoplastic viral agents  
A viral DNA construct, and virus encoded thereby, is provided having one or more tumor specific transcription factor binding sites in place of one or more wild type transcription factor binding...
6544521 Immunoreactive peptide CTL epitopes of human cytomegalovirus pp150  
The invention provides peptides which are immunogenic epitopes recognized by CD8 + class I MHC restricted cytotoxic T-lymphocytes of patients harboring latent cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. The...
6544769 Compostions comprising viruses and methods for concentrating virus preparations  
A composition is disclosed comprising virus in a formulation comprising a polyhydroxy hydrocarbon buffered to maintain a pH in a range from about 7 to about 8.5 at a temperature in the range from...
6541245 Adenoviral helper vectors  
The present invention is directed to improved helper vectors and cell lines for the production of pseudoadenoviral (PAV) vectors containing substantially reduced levels of contaminating helper...
6541609 HIV-2 peptides  
A substantially pure polypeptide having at least one antigenic determinant that is substantially identical to an antigenic determinant of a protein from a cell line infected with simian...
6541223 Method for enhanced protein stabilization and for production of cell lines useful for production of such stabilized proteins  
A method for increasing production yield of viruses, viral proteins, and other related biological materials through enhanced control and stabilization of protein production via stress proteins and...
6537813 Concurrent flow mixing methods and apparatuses for the preparation of gene therapy vectors and compositions prepared thereby  
The invention relates generally to methods and apparatuses that are adapted for the preparation of gene therapeutic compositions, as well as the compositions formed thereby. The invention also...
6537555 Compositions and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of herpes simplex virus infection  
Compounds and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of HSV infection are provided. The compounds comprise polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of an HSV polypeptide and DNA...
6534642 Compositions corresponding to a calcium transporter and methods of making and using same  
Nucleic-acid and amino-acid sequences correspond to a calcium-transport protein regulating the movement of calcium across cell membranes.
6531307 Adenoviral vectors encoding a cytokine and a conditionally lethal gene  
The present invention provides recombinant viral vectors carrying a vector construct which directs the expression of a gene product (eg. HSVTK) that activates a compound with little or no...
6531300 Target amplification of nucleic acid with mutant RNA polymerase  
This invention provides for a novel amplification procedure for nucleic acid. The method uses a mutant RNA polymerase designed to transcribe deoxynucleotides. Using primers that bind to target...