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7618947 Modulation of HIF-1 beta expression  
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of HIF1-beta. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acid encoding HIF1-beta. Methods of...
7615677 Assessment method  
A method of assessing the viability of a cell comprises incubating the cell in a culture medium. The culture medium includes a plurality of amino acids and the change in concentration in the medium...
7615626 Methods, agents, and compound screening assays for inducing differentiation of undifferentiatied mammalian cells into osteoblasts  
The present invention relates to methods, agents and compound screening assays for inducing differentiation of undifferentiated mammalian cells into osteoblasts. The invention thus provides a...
7612185 Nucleic acid biosensors  
Sensors comprising aptazymes capable of detecting the presence and concentration of effectors, as well as methods of using such sensors, are disclosed.
7612042 Methods for inhibiting heregulin and treating cancer  
The present invention discloses a method using human soluble ErbB3, for example p85-sErbB3, as a negative regulator of heregulin-stimulated ErbB2, ErbB3, and ErbB4 activation. The present invention...
7611896 Practical serological assay for the clinical diagnosis of Leishmaniasis  
Methods for the diagnosis of visceral, cutaneous and canine leishmaniasis in a subject suspected of being infected with the parasitic protozoa Leishmania is disclosed. Disclosed are...
7611895 Method for growth of human conjunctival tissue equivalents for research, clinical ocular surface transplantation and tissue engineering  
The invention relates to materials and methods for producing equivalents of tissues of the ocular surface, especially conjunctival tissue equivalents. The method of the invention involves biopsy of...
7611852 Functional cardiomyocytes from human embryonic stem cells  
Human embryonic stem cells form embryoid bodies in culture which contain differentiated human cells. Some of the human cells in embryoid bodies differentiate into cardiomyocytes. Here the...
7608707 siRNA targeting survivin  
Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rationale design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene...
7608705 Oligonucleotides, agents containing these oligonucleotides, and the use thereof  
The invention relates to particular oligonucleotides, pharmaceutical agents that contain these oligonucleotides, and to the therapeutic use thereof. The oligonucleotides are, in particular, capable...
7608698 Hypoxia inducible factors and uses thereof for inducing angiogenesis and improving muscular functions  
This invention provides HIF-3α nucleic acid and sequences. Also provided are methods for using HIF-3α nucleic acids, proteins, fragments, antibodies, probes, and cells, to characterize HIF-3α,...
7604933 Method for sorting tumor cells  
The present invention relates to a method for storing cells, wherein the cells are stored in a composition comprising a base nutritive medium and liposomes at temperatures in the range of −196°...
7604929 Cellular compositions and methods for their preparation  
The present invention relates to novel cell (e.g., hepatocyte, etc.) compositions and methods for their preparation and use. In particular, the invention concerns methods of processing preparations...
7601884 Method of producing cloned animals by demecolcine treatment  
A cloned animal is produced by demecolcine treatment characterized by culturing the nuclear transfer embryo in vitro and transferring the embryo in vivo. This significantly improves in vitro...
7601700 Modulation of eIF4E expression  
Oligomeric compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of eIF4E. The antisense compounds may be single- or double-stranded and are targeted to nucleic acid...
7601687 Mechanism for identifying drugs for the treatment of type II diabetes  
Insulin resistance is a central feature of type II diabetes and other diseases, and may affect every tissue of the body, including the pancreatic beta cell. Insulin signaling is mediated by a...
7601535 Cell culture media for enhanced protein production  
Culture media for in vitro cell culture which contain substantially saturated amounts of selected amino acids improve protein production, constrain cell growth and extend cell longevity, methods...
7601494 Method of screening candidate compounds for susceptibility to biliary excretion  
A method of screening a candidate compound for susceptibility to biliary excretion by a hepatocyte transport protein. The method includes the steps of providing a culture of hepatocytes comprising...
7595387 Modified polynucleotides for reducing off-target effects in RNA interference  
Methods and compositions for performing RNA interference with decreased off-target effects are provided The methods and compositions permit effective and efficient applications of RNA interference...
7595386 Methods and compositions for heat activated gene therapy using cytolethal distending toxin  
The invention provides compositions and methods for gene therapy using cytolethal distending toxins (CDTs). In a preferred embodiment, a gene therapy vector according to the invention includes a...
7595194 Isolation of mammalian CNS glial-restricted precursor cells  
Multipotent neuroepithelial stem cells and lineage-restricted oligodendrocyte-astrocyte precursor cells are described. The neuroepithelial stem cells are capable of self-renewal and of...
7595148 Methods and compositions for modulating T lymphocytes  
This invention provides novel methods and compositions for modulating T cell differentiation and T cell responses. The modulators are identified by screening test compounds for ability to modulate...
7592324 RNAi-mediated inhibition of ocular targets  
RNA interference is provided for inhibition of ocular hypertension target mRNA expression for lowering elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension....
7592003 Regulation of toll-like receptors on stem cells  
The discovery of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) on the surface of hematopoietic cells provides new methods for the stimulation and differentiation of various classes of progenitor cells. TLR2 and TLR4...
7589074 Methods and compositions for treatment of inflammatory disease using cadherin-11 modulating agents  
A method for treating inflammatory joint diseases by inhibiting cadherin-11 mediated cellular function using a cadherin-11 modulating agent is provided. Also provided are screening assays for...
7589073 Aptamers to von Willebrand Factor and their use as thrombotic disease therapeutics  
The invention relates generally to the field of nucleic acids and more particularly to aptamers capable of binding to von Willebrand Factor useful as therapeutics in and diagnostics of thrombotic...
7585967 Nucleic acid compounds for inhibiting angiogenesis and tumor growth  
In certain embodiments, this present disclosure provides nucleic acid compounds, compositions, and methods for inhibiting Ephrin B2 or EphB4 expression. In certain embodiments, the present...
7585673 γ-heregulin  
A novel member of the heregulin superfamily has been identified which is designated “γ-HRG”. This molecule, secreted by human breast cancer MDA-MB-175 cells, leads to the formation of a...
7582663 Biaromatic compounds which activate PPARγ type receptors and cosmetic/pharmaceutical compositions comprised thereof  
Novel biaromatic compounds having the structural formula (I) below: are formulated into pharmaceutical compositions suited for administration in human or veterinary medicine (in dermatology,...
7582615 Antisense antiviral compound and method for treating arenavirus infection  
The invention provides antisense antiviral compounds and methods of their use and production in inhibition of growth of viruses of the Arenaviridae family and in the treatment of a viral infection....
7579455 Oligonucleotide compositions and methods for treating disease including inflammatory conditions  
The invention relates to therapeutic antisense oligonucleotides directed against genes coding for phosphodiesterase (PDEs) and the use of these in combination. These antisense oligonucleotides may...
7579329 P450RAI-2 (P450 cytochrome 26B), encoding nucleic acid molecules and methods and uses thereof  
The present invention provides a novel all-trans-RA inducible all-trans-RA metabolizing cytochrome P450, P450RAI-2, that is predominantly expressed in the brain, cerebellum in particular. It is...
7575926 Method of identification of compounds effective against suppressed cancer cells  
A method for identifying compounds capable of targeting suppressed cancer cells, the method including the steps of comparing the response to a test compound of cancer cells grown on a suppressing...
7575911 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...
7575859 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...
7572631 Activation and expansion of T cells  
The present invention relates generally to methods for activating and expanding cells, and more particularly, to a novel method to activate and/or stimulate cells that maximizes the expansion of...
7572630 Method for differentiating primate embryonic stem cell into vascular cell  
To provide a technique of the differentiation from a primate embryonic stem cell into a vascular cell, and techniques using the same. A method for differentiating a primate embryonic stem cell into...
7572594 Screening assays for agonists or antagonists or receptor activator of NF-κB  
The present invention provides methods for screening for a molecule that antagonizes or agonizes RANK activity. One aspect of the invention involves the growth of RANK responsive cells in...
7566700 Materials and methods for treatment of allergic disease  
siRNA molecules are disclosed which target the transcription factor STAT6 and repress the expression of STAT6 mRNA, STAT6 protein and STAT6 function in lung cells. The use of STAT6 specific siRNA...
7566566 Materials and methods involving hybrid vascular endothelial growth factor DNAs and proteins  
The present invention provides polypeptides that bind cellular receptors for vascular endothelial growth factor polypeptides; polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides; compositions comprising the...
7563778 Antisense oligonucleotide preparation method  
A method for the preparation of an antisense oligonucleotide or derivative thereof comprising the steps of: selecting a target nucleic acid, if necessary elucidating its sequence; generating the...
7563618 Oligonucleotide conjugates  
Oligonucleotide conjugates, where an oligonucleotide is covalently attached to an aromatic system, are provided. In particular embodiments the oligonucleotide is complementary to the RNA component...
7563584 Methods and compositions for detecting the activation state of multiple proteins in single cells  
The invention provides methods and compositions for simultaneously detecting the activation state of a plurality of proteins in single cells using flow cytometry. The invention further provides...
7560439 Method for increasing the gene expression of transfected genes  
The present invention provides a method of increasing the gene expression of transfected genes which includes the administration of a carnitine.
7560275 Compositions and methods for generating skin  
Compositions and methods for growing new skin, which can be used to repair or replace skin that has been damaged or removed by a variety of insults.
7560229 Methods of use of the enzymes of mycothiol synthesis  
The present invention utilizes three families of bacterial enzymes, which play a key role in mycothiol biosynthesis. The three families are bacterial cysteine:glucosaminyl inositol ligases (MshC)...
7560105 Dendritic cells activated in the presence of glucocorticoid hormones are capable of suppressing antigen-specific T cell responses  
The present invention provides novel methods for immunotherapy. The invention provides immune cells and methods to generate them, with the capacity to at least in part reduce an immune response in...
7553663 Dedifferentiated, programmable stem cells of monocytic origin, and their production and use  
The invention relates to the production of adult dedifferentiated, programmable stem cells from human monocytes by cultivation of monocytes in a culture medium which contains M-CSF and IL-3. The...
7547674 Methods and compositions for the repair and/or regeneration of damaged myocardium  
Methods, compositions, and kits for repairing damaged myocardium and/or myocardial cells including the administration cytokines are disclosed and claimed.
7547549 Method to produce a hybrid cell having a single mitochondrial genotype  
The present invention relates to a method of producing a viable hybrid cell having a single functional mitochondrial population. The method comprises the step of introducing genomic DNA from a...