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6492172 Antisense modulation of GU protein expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of GU Protein. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides,...
6491918 Antibody compositions for preparing enriched dendritic cell preparations  
The present invention relates to antibody composition that are useful in preparing enriched cell preparations such as human hematopoietic progenitor cells and stem cells and non-hematopoietic tumor...
6485720 Transgene expression systems  
The present invention relates to transgene expression systems, related compositions comprising the transgene expression systems, and methods of making and using them. Preferred systems employ an...
6485971 Keratinocyte stem cells  
Enrichment for human Keratinocyte Stem Cells KSCs to a high degree of purity can be successfully achieved on the basis of a cell surface component whose expression is proliferation-related in...
6485919 Human metabotropic glutamate receptors, nucleic acids encoding same and uses thereof  
In accordance with the present invention, there are provided nucleic acids encoding human metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes and the proteins encoded thereby. In a particular embodiment, the...
6485976 Use of adeno-associated virus (AAV) to deliver genes  
This invention pertains to a method of protecting pancreatic β-cells from immune system-mediated cell damage through transduction of the cells with an adeno-associated viral vector encoding...
6482616 RCA-free adenoviral vector system and propagation method  
The present invention provides multiply deficient adenoviral vectors and complementing cell lines. Also provided are recombinants of the multiply deficient adenoviral vectors and a therapeutic...
6482644 Antisense modulation of dual specific phosphatase 8 expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of Dual specific phosphatase 8. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6482626 Human DNase  
This invention relates to a novel human deoxyribonuclease, referred to as LS-DNase, that is relatively resistant to inhibition by actin, as compared to human DNase I. The invention provides nucleic...
6479066 Device having a microporous membrane lined deformable wall for implanting cell cultures  
A device and method of using the device are provided for implanting cell cultures in a host. The device is formed of a deformable body, a microporous membrane and a sealable port. The shape of the...
6479283 Stimulation, culture and preservation of pancreatic cells  
A method for stimulating pancreatic cells to synthesize and/or excrete insulin comprises contacting insulin-producing cells, in particular their aqueous suspension, with a water-soluble cellulose...
6475998 Methods and compositions for the treatment of injury to the central nervous system  
The invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for treating injury to the central nervous system (CNS). The method includes administering to the CNS of a patient suffering...
6475718 Methods and compositions for modulating the interaction between the APJ receptor and the HIV virus  
The orphan seven transmembrane domain receptor, APJ, can function as a coreceptor for cellular infection by the HIV virus. The establishment of cell lines that coexpress CD4 and APJ provide...
6475789 Human telomerase catalytic subunit: diagnostic and therapeutic methods  
The invention provides compositions and methods related to human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTRT), the catalytic protein subunit of human telomerase. The polynucleotides and polypeptides of...
6472212 Methods and compositions for genetically modifying primate bone marrow cells  
A method is provided for genetically modifying primate bone marrow cells, comprising isolating bone marrow cells from a primate and, by means which enhance the local concentration of retroviral...
6468795 Antisense modulation of Apaf-1 expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of Apaf-1. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted...
6468796 Antisense modulation of bifunctional apoptosis regulator expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of bifunctional apoptosis regulator. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6468524 AAV4 vector and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to AAV4 vectors for methods of delivering nucleic acids to cells. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of delivering nucleic acids to specific regions...
6465000 Method for penile augmentation with autogenous dermal cell culture  
The present invention relates to a penile augmentation method comprising culturing autodermal cells in a laboratory and inserting this into penis by using scaffold. This method has advantage of...
6465251 Method of promoting b-cell proliferation and activation with CD40 ligand and cyclosporin  
We teach a strategy to obtain large quantities of desired APCs, activated B cells, which are superior in their capacity to present tumor protein antigen in a multiadministration protocol. Human B...
6458593 Immortalized cell lines and methods of making the same  
The present invention relates to methods of immortalizing various primary cell cultures, including pituitary cells, neurons, beta islet cells, glial cells, corneal epithelial cells and follicular...
6458585 Cytokine-free culture of dendritic cells  
A method for producing human dendritic cells for therapeutic purposes which allows culture-deriving dendritic cells using no cytokines, or reduced cytokines. The method involves culturing...
6458590 Methods and compositions for treatment of restenosis  
The present invention provides sequences capable of inhibiting osteopontin (OPN) expression. In particular, the sequences provided herein are antisense osteopontin oligonucleotide sequences. The...
6458571 Excitatory amino acid transporter 3, EAAT3, polypeptides  
The present invention relates to novel mammalian amino acid transporter proteins and the genes that encode such proteins. The invention is directed toward the isolation, characterization and...
6458591 Antisense modulation of phosphorylase kinase Alpha 2 expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of Phosphorylase kinase alpha 2. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6455307 Antisense modulation of casein kinase 2-alpha prime expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of Casein kinase 2-alpha prime. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6455308 Antisense modulation of serum amyloid A4 expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of serum amyloid A4. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides,...
6451311 Anti-procalcitonin antibodies and the preparation and use thereof  
The invention relates to anti-procalcitonin antibodies, their preparation and use, in particular in therapy and diagnostics. The antibodies comprise binding to procalcitonin but not to free...
6451316 Methods for generating antigen-reactive T cells in vitro  
The present invention provides methods for generating antigen-reactive T cells in vitro comprising priming immune cells and incubating the primed immune cells in vitro with a non-covalent complex...
6451602 Antisense modulation of PARP expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of human PARP. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides,...
6451601 Transiently immortalized cells for use in gene therapy  
The invention provides methods and compositions for expanding cells that are not abundant or are difficult to obtain in pure form in culture, are in short supply (e.g., human cells), or have brief...
6451540 2′-O-alkylthioalkyl and 2′-C-alkythioalkyl containing nucleic acids  
A compound having the formula: wherein, R1 represents 2′-O-alkylthioalkyl or 2′-C-alkylthioalkyl; X represents a base or H; Y represents a phosphorus-containing group; and R2 represents H,...
6447768 Methods of gene therapy with a DNA sequence encoding NOS  
A nucleic acid delivery vehicle for enhancing and/or inducing angiogenesis. This nucleic acid delivery vehicle includes a nucleic acid having at least one sequence coding for a protein capable of...
6448069 Embryo-culturing apparatus and method  
An embryo culturing method and apparatus enables a plurality of embryos to be grown in communal clusters in a culturing container. The embryos are kept separate from each other in open...
6448081 Antisense modulation of interleukin 12 p40 subunit expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of Interleukin 12 p40 subunit. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6448080 Antisense modulation of WRN expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of WRN. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to...
6444465 Antinsense modulation of Her-1 expression  
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for inhibiting the expression of human Her-1. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides complementary to mRNA targeted to nucleic acids encoding...
6440678 Materials and methods related to the inflammatory effects of secreted amyloid precursor proteins  
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods and materials useful to affect the inflammatory/and or neuroprotective effects of secreted amyloid precursor protein. In one broad aspect of the...
6440739 Antisense modulation of glioma-associated oncogene-2 expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of glioma-associated oncogene-2. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6440738 Antisense modulation of casein kinase 2-beta expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of Casein kinase 2-beta. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6440737 Antisense modulation of cellular apoptosis susceptibility gene expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of cellular apoptosis susceptibility gene. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly...
6436705 Shape stabilized erythrocytes  
One aspect of the present invention is a method for storing tissues and cells (typically erythrocytes) having the step of (1) stabilizing the cells with a reversible stabilizing agent. This method...
6436693 Method for helper virus-free packaging of a gene vector DNA  
The present invention relates to a method for helper virus-free packaging of gene vector DNA into the virus particles of a DNA virus as well as to eukaryotic helper cells for helper virus-free...
6432709 Encapsidation cell lines and expression vectors for transcomplementation of defective retroviral vectors  
The present invention relates to novel cell lines, so-called transcomplementation cell lines, which enable the packaging of recombinant retroviral RNAs carrying nucleotide sequences of interest....
6432711 Embryonic stem cells capable of differentiating into desired cell lines  
An embryonic stem cell which may be induced to differentiate homogeneously into a desired primary cell line. The embryonic stem cell may be engineered with DNA, which encodes a protein or...
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...
6432655 Method of obtaining compositions  
This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a mammalian 5-HT 4B receptor and an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a human 5-HT 4B receptor, an isolated protein which...
6428953 Method and means for producing high titer, safe, recombinant lentivirus vectors  
Lentiviral vectors modified at the 5′ LTR or both the 5′ and 3′ LTR's are useful in the production of recombinant lentivirus vectors. Such vectors can be produced in the absence of a...
6429010 DNA encoding the human synapsin III gene and uses thereof  
A new synapsin protein, designated synapsin III, its amino acid sequence, and its human gene have been isolated and characterized. Furthermore, isoforms of synapsin III, e.g., synapsin IIIa, IIIb...
6428988 Methods using cre-lox for production of recombinant adeno-associated viruses  
Methods for efficient production of recombinant AAV are described. In one aspect, three vectors are introduced into a host cell. A first vector directs expression of cre recombinase, a second...