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7501486 Peptides that selectively home to heart vasculature and related conjugates and methods  
The present invention provides a variety of isolated peptides and peptidomimetics, which can be useful, for example, in constructing the conjugates of the invention or, where the peptide itself has...
7501395 Method of screening for antianxiety drugs  
An anxiolytic drug of the invention comprises an orexin receptor antagonist, a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof as an active ingredient. A method for screening a...
7501130 Methods for treating myofascial pain  
A method and composition for treating a patient suffering from a disease, disorder or condition and associated pain include the administration to the patient of a therapeutically effective amount...
7501394 Compounds for targeting hepatocytes  
We describe compounds that bind to and are internalized by hepatocytes. Association of these compounds to other molecules or complexes can be used to target the molecules or complexes to...
7501396 Methods for treating joint pain using poly-gamma-glutamic acid  
Methods for treating joint pain such as temporomandibular joint disorders, osteoarthritis of the knee, hip and other types of inflammatory joint diseases. The methods involve the use of...
7501485 Bioactive keratin peptides  
Compositions containing biologically active peptides are disclosed. Active peptides are isolated fragments derived from human hair or sheep wool keratin proteins. Compositions may be prepared for...
7498306 Peptides binding to the phosphatase 2A protein  
The invention relates to novel synthetic or natural E4orf4 or Bcl-2 peptides particularly useful in antitumoral, antiviral and antiparasitic treatments, said peptides being less than 30 amino acids...
7498308 Method of treating a subject suffering stroke comprising administering Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogs  
Disclosed are glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) compounds with modifications at one or more of the following positions: 11, 12, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, or 37. Methods of treating...
7498303 GNRH analogues for treatment of urinary incontinence  
The use of at least one GnRH analogue for the preparation of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of side effects of ovarectomy or symptoms associated with reproductive senescence in...
7498299 Procollagen (III) propeptides and related substances for treating fibrotic diseases  
In a method of treating a fibrotic disease, a composition is administered to a mammal an effective amount, wherein the composition contains a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of rat,...
7498408 Ryanodine receptor polypeptides  
The genes encoding ryanodine receptor homologs have been characterized from multiple insect families including lepidopteran tobacco budworm ( Heliothis virescens ), homopteran green peach aphid (...
7498304 Angiogenesis-modulating compositions and uses  
Hedgehog agonists and antagonists can be used to regulate angiogenesis, and to prevent angiogenesis driven pathologies. Furthermore, hedgehog agonists and antagonists have utility in modulating...
7498307 Combinations of DnaK inhibitors with known antibacterial agents  
Compositions, methods and kits are provided comprising (a) a therapeutically effective amount of a DnaK inhibitor; and (b) a therapeutically effective amount of a known antibacterial agent. Such...
7498305 Activated protein C variants with normal cytoprotective activity but reduced anticoagulant activity  
Variants (mutants) of recombinant activated protein C (APC) or recombinant protein C (prodrug, capable of being converted to APC) that have substantial reductions in anticoagulant activity but that...
7495087 Cysteine muteins in the C-D loop of human interleukin-11  
Disclosed are cysteine variants of interleukin-11 (IL-11) and methods of making and using such proteins in therapeutic applications.
7494971 Pharmaceutical preparations and medicines capable of generating, and/or containing, thrombin  
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical active ingredient preparation for producing a medicament that contains thrombin or has a thrombin-generating capacity and compositions comprising thereof....
7494977 Polypeptides homologous to VEGF and BMP1  
The present invention involves the identification and preparation of vascular endothelial growth factor-E (VEGF-E). VEGF-E is a novel polypeptide related to vascular endothelial growth factor...
7494976 Caveolin peptides and their use as therapeutics  
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods useful for treating various conditions and afflictions, such as inflammation and cancer. More specifically, the present invention...
7494984 Substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines as HIV viral DNA integrase inhibitors  
The invention encompasses a series of bicyclic heterocyclic compounds of Formula I which are inhibitors of HIV integrase and prevent viral integration into human DNA. This action makes the...
7491796 Retro-inversion peptides that target GIT receptors and related methods  
Retro-inverted forms of GIT targeting agents that target specific receptor sites in vivo and/or promote uptake of active agents and/or enhance active agent delivery across the GIT into the systemic...
7491701 Peptides that bind to HSP90 proteins  
YSLPGYMVKKLLGA (SEQ ID NO:1) and its active analogs, compositions, and methods of use.
7491698 Mixing and matching TC proteins for pest control  
The subject invention relates to the surprising discovery that toxin complex (TC) proteins, obtainable from Xenorhabdus, Photorhabdus, and Paenibacillus, can be used interchangeably with each...
7491403 Pharmaceutical botulinum toxin compositions  
Botulinum toxin, a well know systemic poison, produces favorable therapeutic effect by virtue of regionally attaching to nerves within the myoneural junction and possibly other tissues in a target...
7491699 Peptide nanostructures and methods of generating and using the same  
A tubular or spherical nanostructure composed of a plurality of peptides, wherein each of the plurality of peptides includes no more than 4 amino acids and whereas at least one of the 4 amino acids...
7491696 Proteolysis resistant active VEGF  
The invention relates to endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in which the alanine at AA position 111 is replaced by proline. The arginine at AA position 110 may moreover be replaced by another amino...
7491697 Muteins of fibroblast growth factor 21  
The present invention relates to novel muteins of human fibroblast growth factor 21 with improved pharmaceutical properties. Both protein and the respective encoding nucleic acid species are...
7488316 Control of drug release by transient modification of local microenvironments  
Methods, formulations, and devices are provided for enhancing drug delivery from a medical device. The method is provided for increasing the rate or quantity of a drug formulation released from an...
7488713 Cancer treatment using C-type natriuretic peptides  
The present invention includes a method of utilizing four peptide hormones to inhibit the growth of cancer(s). A dramatic decrease in the number of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells (i.e., the...
7488716 Peptides acting as both GLP-1 receptor agonists and glucagon receptor antagonists and their pharmacological methods of use  
The invention provides polypeptides that act both as an agonist of the GLP-1 receptor and an antagonist of the glucagon receptor. Such polypeptides are useful for treating individuals with type 2...
7488710 SFRP and peptide motifs that interact with SFRP and methods of their use  
This disclosure relates to a peptide motif and proteins containing the motif that are capable of binding to secreted Frizzled-related protein family members. Accordingly, the disclosure also...
7485617 Osteoinductive materials  
The present invention concerns improved osteoinductive materials comprising matrix materials and morphogenetic roteins, wherein depending on the subject matter the proteins may be dimeric or...
7485621 Tumor tag and the use thereof  
The invention provides a new tumor tag, RL5 protein, the polynucleotide encoding RL5 protein, and the method of producing RL5 protein by recombinant technology. The invention also discloses the use...
7485713 Polypeptides comprising growth hormone receptor extracellular domain and glycosylphosphatidylinositol  
The present invention relates to polypeptides which comprise a receptor binding domain of a cytokine and a domain which includes a signal sequence for the attachment of glycosylphosphatidylinositol...
7485624 Method for treating cardiac muscle disorders  
Methods for treating cardiac muscle disorders, such as cardiac arrhythmias, by administration of a neurotoxin to cardiac muscle are disclosed. Bradycardia can be alleviated for several months by a...
7485623 Reduction of breast density with 4-hydroxy tamoxifen  
A method of treatment comprises administering 4-hydroxy tamoxifen percutaneously to a patient having dense breast tissue. The 4-hydroxy tamoxifen may be formulated in a hydroalcoholic gel or an...
7485304 Non-toxic mucosal adjuvant  
A non-toxic mucosal adjuvant is provided which may be admixed with further antigens to provide a vaccine administrable to mucosal surfaces in organisms including man. Preferably, the non-toxic...
7485620 Pharmaceutical compositions comprising unacylated ghrelin and therapeutical uses thereof  
The present invention relates to compositions containing unacylated ghrelin and derivatives thereof and their uses in the control of glycemia in ageing patients, GH deficient patients, diabetic...
7485616 Methods of investigating, diagnosing, and treating amyloidosis  
The present invention provides a therapeutic method for removing amyloid fibrils from a patient. The present invention also provides a transgenic animal that develops systemic AA amyloidosis within...
7485622 Paralytic peptide for use in neuromuscular therapy  
The invention relates to a low molecular weight peptide (or suite of related peptides) isolated from the submaxiliary saliva glands of shrews of the species Blarina as a paralytic agent. This...
7482326 Endothelial-monocyte activating polypeptide III  
A human EMAP III polypeptide and DNA (RNA) encoding such polypeptide and a procedure for producing such polypeptide by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing...
7482323 Intracellular interleukin-1 receptor antagonist and uses thereof  
Matrix metalloproteinases are major mediators of tissue destruction in various chronic inflammatory disorders. The present invention demonstrates that over-expression of intracellular isoform of...
7482433 Peptides and compounds that bind to the IL-5 receptor  
Interleukin-5 receptor (IL-5R) ligands comprising amino sequences of formula TGGGDGYVX 3 VEX 4 ARCPTCK, EGYVX 3 VEX 4 ARCPTCK, EGYVX 3 VEX 4 ARCPTCR, GYVX 3 VEX 4 ARCPTCG, EGYVX 3 VEX 4 ARCPTCG,...
7482320 Modulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation  
There is provided a novel use for vascular endothelial growth factor, herein designated VEGF-X, and a CUB domain present in the sequence of VEGF-X, which enhance smooth muscle cell proliferation...
7482322 Plexin family-like polypeptide, and uses thereof  
The present invention is directed to a novel plexin family like DNA, a gene containing the DNA, novel polypeptide encoded by the DNA, a recombinant protein containing the polypeptide or...
7482130 NP95: methods of assaying for cell cycle modulators  
The present invention relates to regulation of cellular proliferation. More particularly, the present invention is directed to nucleic acids encoding NP95, which is involved in modulation of cell...
7482321 Extended glucagon-like peptide-1 analogs  
The invention encompasses GLP-1 peptides with modifications at various positions coupled with an extended C-terminus that provides increased stability.
7482008 Human T cell reactive feline protein (TRFP) isolated from house dust and uses therefor  
A substantially pure, covalently linked human T cell reactive feline protein (TRFP) has been isolated from vacuum bag extract obtained by affinity purification of house dust collected from several...
7482327 Methods for treating immune disorders associated with graft transplantation with soluble CTLA4 mutant molecules  
The present invention provides use of soluble CTLA4 mutant molecules which bind with greater avidity to the CD80 and/or CD86 antigen than wild type CTLA4 or non-mutated CTLA4Ig in the treatment of...
7482325 Downregulation of immune response by administering B7RP-2 fusion protein  
The present invention provides B7 Related Protein-2 (B7RP-2) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells,...
7482427 Positive modulator of bone morphogenic protein-2  
Compounds of the present invention of formula I and formula II are disclosed in the specification and wherein the compounds are modulators of Bone Morphogenic Protein activity. Compounds are...