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7312198 Protein compositions for promoting wound healing and skin regeneration  
Methods for stimulating proliferation and inhibiting death of cells in the epidermis and dermis of wounded and non-wounded as well as transplanted mammalian skin and transplanted skin cell...
7312197 Method of modifying glucose activity using polypeptides selectively expressed in fat tissue  
Isolated omentin polypeptides that selectively express in omental fat tissue and methods for the use of the polypeptides. The polypeptides can be used in a method for modifying insulin action...
7311912 Epithelial tissue targeting agent  
Targeting molecules for use in delivering biological agents to epithelial tissue are disclosed. Upon delivery, the biological agent(s) may remain within an epithelial cell or may undergo...
7309484 Compositions and methods for screening antibacterial compounds  
The present invention pertains to compositions and methods used to ascertain if putative antibiotics trigger a cell envelope stress response in bacterial organisms. In one aspect of the invention,...
7309483 Method of treatment using Tie2 ligand2  
The invention provides for therapeutic compositions as well as a method of blocking blood vessel growth, a method of promoting neovascularization, a method of promoting the growth or...
7309687 Methods for treatment and prevention of neuromuscular and muscular conditions by peripherally administered erythropoietin  
Methods and compositions are provided for protecting or enhancing excitable tissue function in mammals by systemic administration of an erythropoietin receptor activity modulator, such as...
7307064 Methods for treating cardiovascular disease using a soluble CTLA4 molecule  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cardiovascular system diseases by administering to a subject soluble CTLA4 molecules that block endogenous B7 molecules from...
7306799 Use of VEGF inhibitors for treatment of eye disorders  
Modified chimeric polypeptides with improved pharmacokinetics and improved tissue penetration are disclosed useful for treating eye disorders, including age-related macular degeneration and...
7306801 Methods of therapy for cancers characterized by overexpression of the HER2 receptor protein  
Methods for treating a subject with a cancer that is characterized by overexpression of HER2 receptor protein using a combination of interleukin-2 (IL-2) or variant thereof and at least one...
7303746 Methods of treating eye disorders with modified chimeric polypeptides  
Modified chimeric polypeptides with improved pharmacokinetics are disclosed useful for treating eye disorders, including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
7303814 Immobilized bioactive hydrogel matrices as surface coatings  
The present invention is directed to a stabilized bioactive hydrogel matrix coating for substrates, such as medical devices. The invention provides a coated substrate comprising a substrate having...
7304033 Methods for protecting allogeneic islet transplant using soluble CTLA4 mutant molecules  
The present invention is a method of inhibiting islet cell transplant rejection, particularly to treat diabetes, such as type-1 and type-2 diabetes, by administering to a subject an effective...
7304029 Neuroprotective effect of growth hormone  
The invention relates to neuroprotection and to medicaments for use therein. Neuroprotection is induced by activation of neural growth hormone receptors, primarily using medicaments comprising...
7303748 Method of treating eye injury with local administration of a VEGF inhibitor  
Methods of reducing or treating angiogenesis and/or inflammation associated with eye injury in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering an agent capable of blocking or inhibiting...
7304034 Use of HMGB fragments as anti-inflammatory agents  
Compositions and methods are disclosed for inhibiting the release of a proinflammatory cytokine from a vertebrate cell, and for inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine cascade in a patient. The...
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...
7300920 Antiangiogenic peptide agents  
The current invention provides novel antiangiogenic peptides which correspond to about 133 consecutive amino acids of the N-terminal sequence of growth hormone.
7300654 Method of treating corneal transplant rejection in high risk keratoplasty patients  
Methods of preventing, reducing, or treating corneal transplant rejection to improve transplant survival in a high risk subject comprising administering an agent capable of blocking or inhibiting...
7297680 Compositions of erythropoietin isoforms comprising Lewis-X structures and high sialic acid content  
Disclosed are immortalized human embryonic retina cells, having a nucleic acid sequence encoding an adenoviral E1A protein integrated into the genome of the cells, and further comprising a nucleic...
7294613 Beta-defensins  
The present invention relates to polynucleotide and polypeptide molecules for zamp1, a novel member of the β-defensin family. The polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding them, exhibit...
7294617 Method for nonsurgical treatment of the intervertebral disc and kit therefor  
This invention relates to a method and compositions for treating pathological intervertebral discs comprising the step of delivering an agent that causes chemical crosslinking of the native...
7294615 Compounds that associate on the intermolecular level and aggregate bodies that contain them  
Compound of the general formula (I) X(B) m (I) wherein X is an m-valent...
7294339 Method for treating allodynia by peripheral administration of a neurotoxin  
Methods for treating a non-spasm caused pain by peripheral administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin.
7291598 Nanoparticles for protein drug delivery  
The invention discloses the nanoparticles composed of chitosan, poly-glutamic acid, and at least one bioactive agent characterized with a positive surface charge and their enhanced permeability for...
7291588 Immunogenic detoxified mutant E. coli LT-A toxin  
An immunogenic detoxified protein is provided which comprises the amino acid sequence of subunit A of an E. coli heat labile toxin (LT-A) or a fragment thereof in which at least amino acid Ala-72...
7291341 Stresscopins and their uses  
The invention provides novel nucleic acids and polypeptides, referred to herein as stresscopin 1 and stresscopin 2, which preferentially activate the CRH-R2 receptor over the R1 receptor....
7291344 Method for treating phantom pain by peripheral administration of a neurotoxin  
Methods for treating a non-spasm caused pain by peripheral administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin.
7291597 Growth factor therapy mobilization of stem cells into the peripheral blood  
Stem cells are mobilized into the peripheral blood by a method comprising the steps of: (i) administering to an individual at least one of the following: FGF1 and FGF2, and also at least one of the...
7291596 Pharmaceutical composition for thrombin peptide derivatives  
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a thrombin peptide derivatives and a chelating agent and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable thiol-containing compound. The pharmaceutical...
7291589 Uses of human Zven proteins and polynucleotides  
The present invention provides methods of using Zven1 and Zven2 polypeptides to increase chemokine production. The present invention also provides methods for treating intestinal motility disorders...
7291593 Use of fish for treating infertility  
The present invention relates to the use of FSH and/or a biologically-active analogue thereof in the production of a medicament for the treatment of infertility in women. The medicament is for...
7291594 GLP-1 derivative and preparation thereof absorbable via mucous membrane  
A GLP-1 derivative is provided including an amino acid sequence of GLP-1 (7-35) having deletion, substitution and/or addition of one or more amino acids and having Waa-(Xaa)n-Yaa (in which Waa is...
7291595 Use of Alpha-1 antitrypsin for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of fibromyalgia  
The invention is based on the use of alpha-1 antitrypsin for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of fibromyalgia, comprising the preparation of therapeutic concentrates of alpha-1...
7288259 Treatment of holocrine gland dysfunction with clostridia neurotoxins  
Methods of using clostridial toxins and other biological agents to control holocrine gland dysfunction in humans is provided. In preferred embodiments the methods provide beneficial effects in...
7288406 Active variants of FGF with improved specificity  
The present invention provides active fibroblast growth factor variants demonstrating enhanced receptor subtype specificity. The preferred novel variants retain binding to FGF Receptor Type 3...
7288260 Method for treating pain by peripheral administration of a neuroptoxin  
Methods for treating a non-spasm caused pain by peripheral administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of a neurotoxin, such as a botulinum toxin.
7285277 Anticancer agent  
The present application discloses a method of reducing tumor growth that includes contacting the tumor with a tumor growth reducing effective amount of a composition comprising LK8 or LK68 protein...
7285534 Corticotropin-releasing hormone analogs and their uses  
This invention provides members of the corticiotropin-releasing hormone superfamily and peptide analogs thereof wherein the 38 th amino acid from the N-terminus is D-Nle, i.e. [D-Nle 38 ]-CRH...
7285531 Method for prophylaxis or treatment of a nervous system, pathophysiological condition involving a glial growth factor sensitive cell by administration of a glial growth factor  
The invention involves prophylaxis or treatment of nervous system pathological conditions. This is accomplished by administering secretable glial growth factors, such as the molecule referred to as...
7285535 Toll/interleukin-1 receptor adapter protein (TIRAP)  
TIRAP polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing TIRAP polypeptides and...
7285532 Therapeutic method for treating bone formation diseases  
Methods of treating and/or inhibiting a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-related disorder or condition by administering a BMP antagonist to a subject suffering from a BMP-related disorder or...
7285533 Apo-2 ligand  
A novel cytokine, designated Apo-2 ligand, which induces mammalian cell apoptosis is provided. The Apo-2 ligand is believed to be a member of the TNF cytokine family. Compositions including Apo-2...
7282209 Tango 240 polypeptides and uses thereof  
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules, designated TANGO 228 nucleic acid molecules, which encode secreted proteins with homology to the rat MCA-32 protein, isolated nucleic acid...
7282206 Treatment of fibrosis by antagonism of IL-13 and IL-13 receptor chains  
Methods are provided for treating or inhibiting the formation of tissue fibrosis using IL-13 antagonists, including without limitation soluble forms of the IL-13 receptor.
7282482 NGF for the prevention of demyelination in the nervous system  
This invention pertains to the discovery that nerve growth factor (NGF) is capable of preventing further demyelination of nervous tissue in pathologies characterized by the demyelination of nervous...
7282201 Methods of promoting the growth or differentiation of hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells by non-muscle type cofilin  
This invention has as its object providing promoters of the growth and/or differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitors which are useful as therapeutics of diseases...
7282483 Method of ameliorating the harmful effects of TNF using a polypeptide having the ability to bind to TNF  
The present invention provides DNA sequences coding for a TNF-binding protein and for the TNF receptor of which this protein constitutes the soluble domain. The DNA sequences can be used for...
7282214 Biomedical devices with antimicrobial coatings  
Biomedical devices with antimicrobial coatings are provided. One or more surfaces of the device are coated with a cationic peptide, cationic proteins, or mixtures thereof to impart antimicrobial...
7279159 VEGF inhibitor polypeptides  
Nucleic acid molecules and multimeric proteins capable of binding vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). VEGF traps are disclosed which are therapeutically useful for treating VEGF-associated...
7279461 Rabconnectin-3-binding protein  
A protein useful for clarifying the regulation mechanism of Ca 2+ -dependent exocytosis in particular, the activation and inactivation of Rab3A, and a method of screening for a material useful for...