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7374950 Immunoassay device for diagnosing congestive heart failure and predicting mortality in congestive heart failure patients  
An immunochemical assay device for determining the presence of NT-proBNP alone or conjunctively with Cardiac Troponin I comprising a base member, an array disposed on the base member, and at least...
7361480 Method and means for detecting gluten-induced diseases  
The invention is directed to a method of detecting gluten-induced diseases such as e.g. celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis. Said diseases are indicated by the presence of autoantibodies...
7361462 Method for efficiently determining a DNA strand break  
The present invention is directed to directly measure distribution in vivo and the frequency of generation in vivo of DNA strand breaks which induce cell death and mutations. The present inventors...
7358062 Method for diagnosing atrophic gastritis  
The press device for a paper web, such as a calender, contains a flexible moving element ( 1 a ) forming an endless structure, said element forming the shell ( 1 ) of a roll, the press device...
7354735 Nucleic acid encoding fluorescent protein constructs and methods for detecting apoptosis  
Isolated nucleic acids encoding a fluorescent protein construct that detect apoptosis are disclosed. The isolated nucleic acids contain a donor-acceptor pair of green fluorescent proteins and a...
7351524 Diagnostics and therapeutics for macular degeneration-related disorders  
The invention relates to methods for treating, preventing and diagnosing macular degeneration-related disorders.
7344849 Assay  
The present invention relates to assay methods for the determination of cobalamin or vitamin B 12 in a body fluid and in particular to assay methods for the metabolically active pool of cobalamin,...
7344703 Mycobacterial sulfation pathway proteins and methods of use thereof  
Novel mycobacterial sulfation pathway proteins and polypeptides related thereto, as well as nucleic acid compositions encoding the same, are provided. The subject polypeptide and nucleic acid...
7332355 Method and compositions for the detection of protein glycosylation  
The invention provides methods and compositions for the rapid and sensitive detection of post-translationally modified proteins, and particularly of those with post-translational glycosylations....
7332290 Dectection of AMACR cancer markers in urine  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides gene expression...
7314727 Methods to facilitate diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus  
The present invention relates to methods for differentiating demential diseases comprising measuring the concentration of human lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase in a sample of a body fluid...
7314709 Compositions and methods for detecting and quantifying COX-2 activity by lipoamino acid metabolism  
A method of detecting an activity of a COX-2 enzyme in a subject that includes obtaining a sample of the subject; detecting an amino acid eicosanoid metabolite in the sample, wherein the presence...
7312090 Label-free methods for performing assays using a colorimetric resonant reflectance optical biosensor  
Methods are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also relates to optical...
7309578 Therapeutic treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  
The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a subject, comprising administering to said subject an amount of an agent affective to...
7303885 Screening method for candidate drugs  
The present invention relates to methods for screening molecules and methods to detect protein-protein interactions and means used therein. More specifically, the present invention relates to...
7300761 Methods and device for detecting prostate specific antigen (PSA)  
An immunoassay device and assay to detect an antigen, such as PSA, in a biological sample. The device comprises a solid support having multiple reaction zones containing capture antibodies directed...
7297312 Simultaneous multianalyte electrochemical assay based on spatial resolution  
A simultaneous multianalyte electrochemical assay includes a cell which has a surface and the surface includes analyte binding sites i.e., antibodies or antigens on a solid phase at distinct...
7291474 Hydrolytic substrates for an analyte-dependent enzyme activation system  
Disclosed are compounds of the general formulas: wherein Y is a moiety capable of being cleaved by a hydrolytic enzyme; L is a detectable label; X is a linking group; Z is a halogen; and R is...
7279290 ATM kinase compositions and methods  
The present invention provides methods for detecting activation of ATM kinase, DNA damage, and DNA damaging agents. Further provided are antibodies which specifically recognize the phosphorylation...
7241582 Diagnostic test kits  
This invention provides kits, devices, and methods for the detection of antibodies that recognize one or more proteins and/or antigens from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus...
7238483 Method for detecting catalytic activity  
This invention has as its object a method for detecting catalytic activity of a sample, characterized in that it comprises: the incubation of a substrate (S) with the sample that may have the...
7235672 Probe, assay and kits for detecting 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and modulators thereof  
A probe, kit comprising the probe, and methods for using the probe are provided where the probe comprises: wherein DM is a detectable marker; and L is a straight or branched chain moiety...
7232661 Diagnostic agents for the prenatal diagnosis of preterm delivery, fetal infection, and fetal damage, and diagnostic kit containing the same  
This invention is about a method for the prenatal diagnosis of preterm delivery, fetal infection, and fetal damage, and diagnostic reagent system and diagnostic kit for the diagnosis. The method,...
7226751 Detecting the presence of pyruvate kinase isoenzyme in feces  
In order to selectively, qualitatively or/and quantitatively detect the pyruvate kinase isoenzyme of the tumor M2-PK type (tumor M2-PK) which serves as a tumor marker in human and animal feces to...
7225080 Diagnosis method of inflammatory, fibrotic or cancerous disease using biochemical markers  
The present invention is drawn to a new diagnosis method for detecting the extend of a inflammatory, fibrotic or cancerous disease in a patient, in particular liver fibrosis, in particular in a...
7223552 Myeloperoxidase, a risk indicator for cardiovascular disease  
Diagnostic tests for characterizing an individual's risk of developing or having a cardiovascular disease. In one embodiment the present diagnostic test comprises determining the level of...
7217534 Methods of screening apoptosis modulating compounds, compounds identified by said methods and use of said compounds as therapeutic agents  
A method of screening cellular polypeptides for pro-apoptotic or anti-apoptotic activity in a cell of a particular cell-type by: (a) culturing cells of the particular cell-type under non apoptotic...
7217527 Assay for phosphodiesterase function  
The present invention provides filter-based assays for measuring binding of compounds to phosphodiesterases (PDEs). The assay permits stoichiometric binding of compounds to PDEs, thereby providing...
7217523 Nucleoside phosphoramidates and nucleoside phosphoramidases  
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having nucleoside phosphoramidase activity, and methods of screening for nucleoside phosphoramidate compounds that are...
7195923 Ratiometric determination of glycated protein  
The present invention provides methods for determining a ratio of an amount of a glycated form of a protein to a total amount of the protein in a sample containing the glycated protein, the...
7183071 Anthrax lethal factor is a MAPK kinase protease  
The present invention relates to in vitro and ex vivo methods of screening for modulators, homologues, and mimetics of lethal factor mitogen activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) protease...
7169572 Assays for determining anticoagulant cofactor activity  
Methods are disclosed for determining, in a sample derived from a human, the functional activity of a component of the human blood coagulation system, which activity can be correlated to conversion...
7169564 FKBP51/52 and CyP40-mediated mammalian hair growth  
The present invention relates to drug screening assays designed to identify non-immunosuppressive agents that modulate hair growth and the use of such agents for modulation of hair growth.
7157237 Antibodies for enzymes of the ω-oxidation pathway and methods relating thereto  
The present invention provides antigenic peptides useful for the production of antibodies which selectively bind to an enzyme involved in the ω-oxidation of fatty acids and alkanes to...
7157223 Method and apparatus for detecting enzymatic activity using molecules that change electrophoretic mobility  
The activity of intracellular chemical reactions of molecules is measured by the use of fluorescently labeled substrate molecules that undergo a change in electrophoretic mobility upon chemical...
7153660 Non-invasive enzyme screen for tissue remodelling-associated conditions  
Methods and kits for diagnosing the presence of and prognosing the appearance of tissue remodelling-associated conditions, involving the presence of enzyme complexes in a biological sample, are...
7148028 Methods and means relating to atherosclerosis  
The present invention relates to the identification of lipid oxidising antibodies as a key pathogenic factor in atherosclerotic disorders. The presence of such antibodies is a important marker for...
7144705 Diagnostic assay for stroke  
Heart and brain fatty acid binding proteins (H-FABP, B-FABP) are markers for stroke. The invention provides a diagnostic assay for either of these markers, preferably by ELISA using anti-H-FABP or...
7141385 Microcantilever apparatus and methods for detection of enzymes, enzyme substrates, and enzyme effectors  
An apparatus and a method are provided for detecting an enzyme, or or for detecting a substrate of an enzyme or for detecting an enzyme effector such as an inhibitor, by measuring a change in...
7129096 Sensor for use in testing biological, biochemical, chemical or environmental samples  
Disclosed are sensors for use in testing biological, biochemical, chemical or environmental samples, and methods of making and using the same.
7125728 Determination of pregnancy status in cattle and sheep  
A method and kit for determining whether an animal is not pregnant, or is pregnant following a breeding. The level of expression of a pregnancy induced protein is determined in an animal for which...
7122331 Isoprenoid biosynthesis  
The present invention relates to enzymatic activity involved in isoprenoid biosynthesis as well as to inhibitors, notably herbicides, for enzymes in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids. More...
7122321 High throughput method for functionally classifying proteins identified using a genomics approach  
The present invention provides a method for functionally classifying a protein that is capable of unfolding due to a thermal change. The method comprises screening one or more of a multiplicity of...
7115382 Method for detecting IGFBP-4 protease without detecting IGFBP-4 protease/proMBP Complex  
Methods for screening for altered focal proliferation states in non-pregnant patients, which include detecting levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) are described. Methods for...
7115229 Apparatus and method for monitoring molecular species within a medium  
Apparatus and methods for monitoring, analyzing, and/or discriminating molecular species, preferably a biomolecule, within a medium using a multisensor array (MSA) and multivariate processing....
7112414 Masp-2, a complement-fixing enzyme, and uses for it  
The present invention relates to substantially pure mannan-binding lectin associated serine protease-2 (MASP-2) polypeptides and fragments thereof as well as nucleic acids encoding such...
7112413 Heteroaryl substituted benzothiazole dioxetanes  
Chemiluminescent heteroaryl substituted benzothiazole 1,2-dioxetane compounds capable of producing light energy when decomposed are provided. These chemiluminescent compounds are represented by the...
7108992 ATM kinase compositions and methods  
The present invention provides methods for detecting activation of ATM kinase, DNA damage, and DNA damaging agents. Further provided are antibodies which specifically recognize the phosphorylation...
7107092 Methods for diagnosing a neurodegenerative condition  
A method of diagnosing, prognosing, staging, and/or monitoring a mammalian amyloidogenic disorder or a predisposition thereto by detecting a protein or polypeptide aggregate in the cortical and/or...
7105310 Detection of biomolecules by sensitizer-linked substrates  
Methods and compositions for detecting and characterizing target biomolecules using sensitizer-linked substrate molecules are disclosed. High throughput screening assays and therapeutic...