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6900186 Method for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of medical disorders  
The present invention relates generally to a method for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of skin disorders, and in particular proliferative and/or inflamatory skin disorders, and to genetic...
6900185 Method of inducing tumor cell apoptosis using trail/Apo-2 ligand gene transfer  
The present invention is directed to methods for inhibiting tumor cell growth, causing tumor regression or eliminating tumor cells in a mammal afflicted with a tumor by administering to a...
6900010 Compositions and methods for detecting human immunodeficiency virus  
Methods are provided for screening natural and synthetic anti-HIV agents using recombinant cells that are rendered susceptible to productive infection of various strains, subtypes or clades of HIV...
6899731 Controlled delivery of therapeutic agents by insertable medical devices  
A medical device and method for transportation and release of a therapeutic agent into a mammalian body are disclosed. The medical device is coated with alternating layers of a negatively charged...
6897200 Oligonucleotide delivery systems for camptothecins  
Camptothecin drugs are stabilized in their antitumor active lactone form by complexation with an oligonucleotide including RNA or catalytic RNA. The oligonucleotide-camptothecin drug complex may be...
6897196 pH sensitive lipids based on ortho ester linkers, composition and method  
The invention comprises lipid derivatives that rapidly degrade in the pH range from 4.0 to 7.0 and lipidic delivery systems that contain them. These lipid derivatives can be used to modify the...
6897068 Polynucleotide complex delivery  
Disclosed is a complex for providing nucleic acid expression in a cell. A polynucleotide and a polymer are mixed together to form the complex wherein the zeta potential of the complex is not...
6897057 Cell-specific and/or tumor-specific promoter retargeting of herpes γ 34.5 gene expression  
The present invention relates to herpes viral mutants and methods of using these viral mutants for selectively targeting tumor cells or other populations of target cells. The viral mutants of the...
6897016 Alteration of sequence of a target molecule  
Method for splicing a target nucleic acid molecule with a separate nucleic acid molecule. Such splicing generally causes production of a chimeric protein with advantageous features over that...
6894031 Pituitary tumor transforming gene (PTTG) carboxy-terminal peptides and methods of use thereof to inhibit neoplastic cellular proliferation and/or transformation  
Disclosed is a method of inhibiting neoplastic cellular proliferation and/or transformation of mammalian cells, including cells of human origin, in vitro or in vivo. The inventive method involves...
6893634 Encapsulated cells producing cytochrome P450  
The present invention relates to capsules encapsulating cytochrome P450 producing cells and cytochrome P450 producing retroviral packaging cells. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the...
6890912 Sunscreen formulations containing nucleic acids  
Sunscreen formulations containing nucleic acids are disclosed. The formulations can be used to reduce sunburns, the occurrence of skin cancer, and the occurrence of other ultraviolet radiation...
6890911 Method for the treatment of inflammation  
The present invention relates to a mycobacterial deoxyribonucleic acid (B-DNA) preserved and complexed on the mycobacterial cell wall (BCC) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the...
6890910 Murd protein and gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
This invention provides isolated polynucleotides that encode the MurD protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Purified and isolated MurD recombinant proteins are also provided. Nucleic acid sequences...
6890909 Brain-protective agent  
A brain-protective agent containing an NF-κB decoy. In brain diseases, the brain can be particularly effectively protected against brain disorders (for example, cerebral vasospasm following a...
6890908 Modified ribozymes  
The present invention refers to an RNA molecule with catalytic activity comprising at least one modified nucleoside, wherein the hydroxy group at the 2′-position of the ribose sugar is replaced...
6890557 Emulsion formulations for hydrophilic active agents  
This invention discloses emulsion formulations comprising an aqueous carrier and the following components: triglyceride, cholesterol, phospholipid, at least one charged lipid, at least one...
6890554 Genetic immunization with cationic lipids  
A method for immunization using genetic material is disclosed. Compositions for genetic immunization comprising cationic lipids and polynucleotides are also disclosed. Methods for using genetic...
6890516 Method for assessing the effect of a drug on long term memory formation  
Methods of assessing the effect of a drug on long term memory and for screening a pharmaceutical agent for its ability to modulate long term memory are disclosed.
6887906 Compositions and methods for the delivery of oligonucleotides via the alimentary canal  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods which enhance the transport of nucleic acids, especially oligonucleotides at various sites in the alimentary canal of an animal. The...
6887857 Microparticle protection of therapeutic agents  
The present invention is directed to the use of microparticles to protect the pharmaceutical effectiveness of a pharmaceutically active agent. According to one embodiment, a pharmaceutically...
6887856 Protection from ionizing irradiation or chemotherapeutic drug damage by in vivo gene therapy  
A method of protecting a subject against an agent that elicits production of toxic free radicals, superoxide anions, or heavy metal cations in the subject is disclosed which entails in vivo...
6887490 Gene therapy vehicle comprising dermal sheath tissue  
The invention herein described relates to a gene therapy vehicle, comprising dermal sheath tissue and/or cells derived from portions of hair follicles which show pluripotentiality, and which has...
6884787 Antisense modulation of transforming growth factor-beta 3 expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of transforming growth factor-beta 3. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6884786 Antitumoral composition based on immunogenic polypeptide with modified cell location  
Antitumoral compositions can comprise as therapeutic agent one or several immunogenic polypeptides, of which at least one is modified so as to have a cell location different from its native...
6884785 Compositions and methods for the treatment or prevention of autoimmune diabetes  
The present invention provides compostions and methods for the prevention or treatment of autoimmune disorders. In particular, the invention methods utilize genetic material encoding at least a...
6884616 DNA-construct for the tissue-specific expression of a blood coagulation factor  
A DNA-construct has been disclosed which is suitable for a tissue-specific expression of a blood coagulation factor like Factor IX, which comprises a DNA coding for an amino acid sequence of a...
6884587 Metallization of nucleic acids via metal nanoparticles produced ex-situ  
The invention relates to a process for the metallization of nucleic acids, comprising providing tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine-Au (THP-Au) particles or derivatives thereof, binding said THP-Au...
6884576 Methods of monitoring HIV drug resistance  
A method is provided for detecting a presence of HIV virus in a sample comprising: taking a culture of recombinant cells which (a) are capable of cell division, (b) express CD4 receptor and one or...
6884435 Microparticles with adsorbent surfaces, methods of making same, and uses thereof  
The present invention is directed to microparticles, to microparticle compositions containing the same, to methods of forming the same, and to uses for the same, including use for a vaccine, for...
6884431 Method for treating proliferative diseases with p27 and fusions thereof  
The present invention is directed to a method of vascular proliferative disease by administering in vivo a gene encoding p27.
6881724 Use of magnesium (Mg2+) for the preparation of a therapeutic composition for transfection of a polynucleotide into a cell and compositions useful in gene therapy  
Described is the use of magnesium (Mg 2+ ) for the preparation of a therapeutic composition for the introduction of a polynucleotide into a cell in vivo.
6881723 Nucleic acid constructs  
Recombinant nucleic acid molecules are described. The molecules have a first sequence encoding a Hepatitis B virus core antigen and a second sequence encoding at least one T cell epitope inserted...
6881577 Method for improving transfection efficiency  
The invention relates to a method for improving transfection efficiency through the use of K16-peptides. In addition, the invention further relates to novel K16-peptides, including a K16-CYC peptide.
6881412 Modified live Flavobacterium columnare against columnaris disease in fish  
Safe and effective live vaccines against Flavobacterium columnare of fish were created through the induction of rifampicin resistance in a native Flavobacterium columnare isolate; these...
6881411 Method of stimulating an immune response by administration of host organisms that express intimin alone or as a fusion protein with one or more other antigens  
This invention satisfies needs in the art by providing intimin, the Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) adherence protein, alone or as a fusion protein with one or more other antigens,...
6878858 Rodent model for Parkinson's Disease  
The present invention provides an animal model for Parkinson's Disease and a method for generating such a model. The method comprises the steps of transfecting dopaminergic neurons in the...
6878692 Apoptin-associating protein  
The invention relates to the field of apoptosis. The invention provides novel therapeutic possibilities, for example novel combinatorial therapies or novel therapeutic compounds that can work...
6878515 Ultrasensitive immunoassays  
The present invention relates to an immunological test kit and immunoassay using a first immobilized antibody having affinity for a specific antigen. The invention is characterized by a second and...
6875749 Methods of facilitating vascular growth  
A method of facilitating vascular growth in a subject in need of such treatment comprises inhibiting EMAP II activity in the subject by an amount effective to stimulate vascular growth in the...
6875748 Compositions and methods for in vivo delivery of polynucleotide-based therapeutics  
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods to improve expression of exogenous polypeptides into vertebrate cells in vivo, utilizing delivery of polynucleotides...
6875747 Antisense to c-myc for treatment of polycystic kidney disease  
A method of treating polycystic kidney disease by administering an oligonucleotide antisense to c-myc is described. The antisense oligonucleotide is preferably a morpholino oligonucleotide.
6875736 Methods for identifying RNA binding compounds  
The present invention relates to methods of screening for compounds that bind RNA molecules. In particular, the methods of the invention comprise screening a library of test compounds, each of...
6875584 Prophylactic and therapeutic immunization against protozoan infection and disease  
Polypeptide and polynucleotide vaccines effective to treat or prevent infection of a mammal, such as a dog, a cat, or a human, by a protozoan. Methods of treatment and prevention are also provided,...
6875570 Proteins and nucleic acids encoding same  
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to...
6872519 In vitro process for selecting phage resistant to blood inactivation  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the selection and use of surface exposed epitopes. The present invention includes in vivo and in vitro phage peptide diplay methods for...
6869937 Acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT-2)  
Nucleic acid compositions encoding novel ACAT proteins, as well as the novel ACAT-2 proteins, (ACAT-2) are provided. Also provided are methods of producing the subject nucleic acid and protein...
6869936 Means and methods for fibroblast-like or macrophage-like cell transduction  
The invention provides a nucleic acid delivery vehicle with or having been provided with at least a tissue tropism for fibroblast-like or macrophage-like cells, preferably synoviocytes. In one...
6869935 Gene Therapy for proliferative vitreoretinopathy  
A method of treating ocular disorders (such as, for example, proliferative vitreoretinopathy or PVR) associated with replicating ocular cells by transfecting replicating ocular cells in vivo with a...
6867349 Inhibition of gene expression using polynucleotide analogues  
The invention provides sequence specific polynucleotide analogues and methods for determining the function of a nucleic acid of known sequence.