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7556805 Compositions for treatment of melanoma and method of using same  
Melanoma can be treated in a mammalian subject by administering to the subject an immunologically-effective amount of a xenogeneic melanoma-associated differentiation antigen. For example, genetic...
7544509 Method for preparing stem cell preparations  
This invention relates to multipotent stem cells, purified from the peripheral tissue of mammals, and capable of differentiating into neural and non-neural cell types. These stem cells provide an...
7521228 Spider silk protein encoding nucleic acids, polypeptides, antibodies and methods of use thereof  
Spider silk protein encoding nucleic acids, polypeptides and antibodies immunologically specific therefore are disclosed. Methods of use thereof are also provided.
7488573 In vivo angiogenesis assay  
A method for evaluating in vivo a test substance for angiogenesis modulation activity, including the steps of providing a rodent pup having a pupillary membrane system in a first eye, injecting...
7425446 Antibody composition-producing cell  
The present invention relates to a cell for the production of an antibody molecule such as an antibody useful for various diseases having high antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic activity, a...
7332333 Host cells containing multiple integrating vectors  
The present invention relates to the production of proteins in host cells, and more particularly to host cells containing multiple integrated copies of an integrating vector. Suitable integrating...
7321074 Melanocortin-3 receptor deficient cells, non-human transgenic animals and methods of selecting compounds which regulate body weight  
Cells and non-human transgenic animals have been engineered to be deficient in the gene encoding the melcanocortin-3 receptor protein (MC-3R). MC-3R deficient transgenic animals have increased...
7300763 Method of testing myelotoxicity with the use of flow cytometer  
The objects of the present invention are to solve low test efficiency and low accuracy which are problems encountered in the conventional methods for testing myelotoxicity of a drug by observing...
7279330 Method for identifying modulating compounds of neurotransmitters  
A process for identifying compounds that can modulate the release of neuromediators is described in which, for example, at least one compound that is to be tested is brought into contact with a...
7273727 Fusion proteins for prodrug activation  
The invention relates to compounds which contain an antigen binding region which is bound to at least one enzyme which is able to metabolize a compound (prodrug) which has little or no cytotoxicity...
7247424 Screening method for a substance having hypoglycemic activity by using STAT-induced inhibitor of STAT function-1  
The present invention discloses a screening method for a substance, which could be a therapeutic agent for diabetes with insulin resistance through regulating a function of a molecule involved in...
7244616 Use of molecular chaperones for the enhanced production of secreted, recombinant proteins in mammalian cells  
The present invention relates to a method for increased production of a secreted, recombinant protein product through the introduction of molecular chaperones in a mammalian host cell. The present...
7132286 Method for neural stem cell differentiation using valproate  
The present invention relates to a method for differentiating a neural stem cell into a neuronal cell such as a neuroblast or neuron in vitro or in vivo. Particularly, the invention provides for a...
7132287 Method for neural stem cell differentiation using 5HT-1A agonists  
The present invention relates to a method for differentiating a neural stem cell into a neuronal cell such as a neuroblast or a neuron in vitro or in vivo. Particularly, the invention provides for...
7098027 Method for remyelinating a demyelinized lesion due to injury in the brain or spinal cord  
Demyelinated axons were remyelinated in the demyelinated rat model by collecting bone marrow cells from mouse bone marrow and transplanting the mononuclear cell fraction separated from these bone...
7060869 Fluorescent protein sensors for detection of analytes  
Fluorescent indicators including a binding protein moiety, a donor fluorescent protein moiety, and an acceptor fluorescent protein moiety are described. The binding protein moiety has an...
7045335 Alphavirus replicon vector systems  
The present invention provides compositions useful in and methods for producing populations of infectious, replication-defective alphavirus replicon particles that contain no replication-competent...
7029915 Method for differentiating rat hepatic stem cells to insulin-producing cells  
Highly purified hepatic stem cells are trans-differentiated into pancreatic endocrine hormone-producing cells by culturing them in vitro in a medium containing high levels of glucose. These...
7005411 Method for modulating nerve cell function  
The amount of active Robo expressed on a cell is modified by modulating the effective amount of a Comm polypeptide in contact with the cell, whereby the amount of expressed active Robo is modulated...
7005299 Expression of heterologous genes according to a targeted expression profile  
A gene trap vector comprises a DNA construct containing an expression unit of an internal ribosome binding site (IRES) coupled to a heterologous gene sequence; this expression unit is used in gene...
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,...
6960470 Diagnostic methods for drug screening for Alzheimer's disease  
Methods of screening candidate drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease are provided. Employing tissue slices of mutant mouse hippocampal cells having an extra copy of a mutant form of the...
6953692 Device and method for seed-train expansion of mammalian cells  
A device and method for seed-train expansion of a source of mammalian cells and their use in production of proteins expressed by the cells comprising the use of a dedicated inoculation bioreactor...
6943016 Human adult astrocytes, their preparation and uses thereof  
The invention provides an essentially pure preparation of human adult astrocytes, and a method of producing same. The purified astrocytes are useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders...
6936457 DNA ENCODING HUMAN α AND β SUBUNITS OF NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR, CELLS TRANSFORMED THEREWITH, AND RECOMBINANT CELL LINE EXPRESSING A HUMAN α AND β SUBUNIT OF NEURONAL NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR  
Isolated nucleic acid molecules, i.e., DNA or RNA encoding human neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha and beta subunits, mammalian and amphibian cells containing said DNA, methods for...
6924128 Packaging cell lines for generation of high titers of recombinant AAV vectors  
AAV vectors may have utility for gene therapy but heretofore a significant obstacle has been the inability to generate sufficient quantities of such recombinant vectors in amounts that would be...
6908764 Recombinant human cell for bone and cartilage cell formation  
The invention relates to a recombinant human cell of undifferentiated mesenchyma for bone and cartilage cell formation, the human cell having the ability to express Tbr-1, Brachyury or another...
6897061 Transdifferentiation of glial cells  
A process for generating multipotent cells from glial cells using in vitro techniques to dedifferentiate fetal or adult mammalian glial cells into multipotent cells. The multipotent cells may...
6890724 Methods and compositions for neural progenitor cells  
The invention relates to methods and compositions for the isolation of neural progenitor cells.
6872569 In vitro production of haploid germ cells  
The present invention relates to a method of in vitro spermatogenesis involving Sertoli cells and diploid germ cells from a testis of a male mammal to yield differentiated haploid spermatids. The...
6835565 Alzheimer's disease secretase  
The present invention provides the enzyme and enzymatic procedures for cleaving the β secretase cleavage site of the APP protein and associated nucleic acids, peptides, vectors, cells and cell...
6825037 Recombinant transferrins, transferrin half-molecules and mutants thereof  
Recombinant transferrin, non-glycosylated recombinant transferrin, transferrin half-molecules and mutant transferrins having altered metal-binding or other properties are described. The recombinant...
6803233 Model for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases  
The present invention provides a model for studying the development of, and/or pathologies associated with neurodegenerative diseases, and agents that can alter such development and/or pathologies....
6790612 Reporter gene system for use in cell-based assessment of inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus protease  
A cell-based assay system in which the detection of the reporter gene activity, or secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP), is dependent upon the protease activity of the Hepatitis C virus NS3 gene...
6753146 System and method for evaluating agents which prevent oxidative damage  
An in vitro system for identifying agents capable of inhibiting or preventing oxidative damage is provided. The disclosed in vitro system comprises a mouse fibroblast culture derived from a...
6740519 Immortalized, homozygous stat1-deficient mammalian cell lines and their uses  
The present invention is directed to immortalized STAT1-deficient mammalian cell lines. STAT1 is a signal transducer and activator of transcription that becomes phosphorylated when cells are...
6730821 Transgenic mice containing retina-specific nuclear receptor gene disruptions  
The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic...
6682910 Human erythropoietin gene: high level expression in stably transfected mammalian cells  
The Apa I restriction fragment of the human erythropoietin gene, for producing high titers of biologically active hormone from stably transfected cell lines.
6673605 Established cell line of microglia  
The present invention relates to an established cell line of microglia having the following properties: (a) form: having a macrophage-like or globular form in the presence of...
6670139 Cell-free assay using oncogene-induced apoptosis to identify inhibitors of apoptosis in drug-resistant cells  
The present invention relates to a method of identifying a compound (agent) which modulates apoptosis in transformed cells. In one embodiment, the invention is a method of identifying a compound...
6670178 In Vivo production and delivery of insulinotropin for gene therapy  
The present invention relates to transfected primary and secondary somatic cells of vertebrate origin, particularly mammalian origin, transfected with exogenous genetic material (DNA) that encodes...
6663894 Intraocular transplantation of encapsulated cells  
Compositions and methods for reducing ocular diseases by implanting in an eye of a subject a composition comprising encapsulated cells which produce polypeptides, more particularly polypeptides...
6657104 Transgenic mouse model for cardiac hypertrophy and methods of use thereof  
Transgene constructs for generating transgenic animals, wherein the transgene encodes a gene product which modulates transcription of a hypertrophy-sensitive gene, are provided. Further provided...
6649811 Transgenic mouse expressing the human cyclooxygenase-2 gene and neuronal cell cultures derived therefrom  
The invention provides for transgenic mice whose genomes comprise a gene encoding human cyclooxygenase-2 under the control of a neuron-specific promoter. The transgenic mice of the instant...
6641526 Development of normal offspring from oocytes injected with freeze-dried spermatozoa  
The invention provides a method for freeze-drying spermatozoa to obtain at least one reconstituted spermatozoon whose head (nucleus) is capable of fertilizing an oocyte to produce a live offspring....
6635478 Production of recombinant proteins using herpes virus promoters and VP16 transactivators  
Stable cell lines are produced to express high levels of a gene product of interest using VP16, a herpes simplex virus transactivator, and a promoter from herpes simplex virus which is a target for...
6610540 Low oxygen culturing of central nervous system progenitor cells  
The present invention relates to the growth of cells in culture under conditions that promote cell survival, proliferation, and/or cellular differentiation. The present inventors have found that...
6593138 Cryopreserving somatic cells with an arabinogalactan containing cryopreservation medium  
Methods and compositions for cryopreserving somatic cells are provided. In one embodiment, a cell cryopreservation medium is provided which includes an effective amount of arabinogalactan to...
6586251 Methods of modifying eukaryotic cells  
A method for engineering and utilizing large DNA vectors to target, via homologous recombination, and modify, in any desirable fashion, endogenous genes and chromosomal loci in eukaryotic cells....
6583333 Lymphoma-susceptible transgenic mice and methods for studying drug sensitivity of lymphomas  
A mouse expressing myc in B cells, because of defective function of one or more tumor suppressor genes, is useful for the testing of anti-lymphoma agents and for the testing of genes which may have...
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