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7618816 Metal-binding therapeutic peptides  
The present invention is related methods of delivering MBD peptide-linked agents into live cells. The methods described herein comprise contacting MBD peptide-linked agents to live cells under a...
RE40988 Ligands of the neuropeptide receptor HFGAN72  
Polypeptides of HFGAN72 receptor ligands and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides are provided. Methods of using these polypeptides to diagnose diseases relating to the under- or...
7615533 TPO peptide compounds for treatment of anemia  
Peptide compounds that bind to and activate the thrombopoietin receptor (c-mpl or TPO-R) or otherwise act as a TPO agonist are disclosed.
7615359 Copolymer 1 related polypeptides for use as molecular weight markers and for therapeutic use  
The present invention provides processes for determining the molecular weight of glatiramer acetate and other copolymers. The present invention further provides a plurality of molecular weight...
7612168 Modified HIV peptides, antigens, compositions, immunoassay kit and a method of detecting antibodies induced by HIV  
The present invention comprises novel and modified peptides capable of inducing a HIV-1 specific immune response without antagonizing the cytotoxic T-cell activity in order to achieve an effective...
7612164 Cardiac muscle function and manipulation  
This invention relates to polypeptides which affect myocardial cell differentiation and organisation of cardiac muscle contractile units, assay for identifying such polypeptides, and methods for...
7612163 Prokineticin 2β peptide and its use  
A PK2β peptide is described, which, as an agonist of prokineticin receptor 1, is useful for treating lung and gastrointestinal diseases or disorders mediated by PKR1 activity.
7612039 Method of cell growth inhibition with agnoprotein  
The growth of normal and abnormally proliferating cells can be inhibited by the introduction of agnoprotein, or biologically active fragments or derivatives of agnoprotein, into the cell in the...
7611893 Metal-binding therapeutic peptides  
The present invention is related methods of delivering MBD peptide-linked agents into live cells. The methods described herein comprise contacting MBD peptide-linked agents to live cells under a...
7611858 Detection of cannabinoid receptor biomarkers and uses thereof  
Traumatic insult to the brain leads to a degradation of low molecular weight of cannabinoid type 1 receptor (CB1) and generation of high molecular weight complexes in the cortex and hippocampus, as...
7611711 VEGFR-3 inhibitor materials and methods  
The present invention relates to the diagnosis, evaluation, and therapeutic intervention of disorders mediated by the activity of cell surface receptor VEGFR-3, which activity often is stimulated...
7608684 Soluble CD14 antigen  
There are provided a soluble CD14 antigen which is a novel in vivo protein useful as a marker for diagnosing sepsis and has the following characteristic features 1) to 3): 1) a molecular...
7608587 Exendin 4 polypeptide fragment  
The present invention relates to an Exendin 4 polypeptide fragment, which has hypoglycemic activity, and can be used for the treatment of type II diabetes mellitus. The polypeptide sequence...
7608582 Delivery vehicle comprising a modified MscL protein channel  
The invention relates to the field of drug delivery, in particular, to compounds and methods for the chemical modification of a proteinaceous channel to be used in pharmaceutical delivery vehicles...
7605226 Meltrins  
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel protein involved in adhesion and fusion between myoblasts in the course of the formation of byotube. The present invention relates to...
7605150 Drug therapy for Celiac Sprue  
Administering an effective dose of a tTGase inhibitor to a Celiac or dermatitis herpetiformis patient reduces the toxic effects of toxic gluten oligopeptides, thereby attenuating or eliminating the...
7601802 Cysteine-containing peptides having antioxidant properties  
Cysteine containing amphipathic alpha helices of the exchangeable apolipoproteins, as exemplified by apolipoprotein (apo) A-I Milano (R173C) and apoA-I Paris , (R151C) were found to exhibit potent...
7598346 Antifungal polypeptides  
The invention relates to compositions including amino acid sequences isolated from fungal fermentation broths and methods for protecting a plant from a pathogen, particularly a fungal pathogen.
7598344 Composition, method and use of bi-functional biomaterials  
The present invention includes a bifunctional specificity structure that includes a peptide linker having a first and a second binding domain, wherein the first binding domain is selective for a...
7598343 Pharmaceutical formulations of bivalirudin and processes of making the same  
Pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s) comprising bivalirudin as the active ingredient, and a method of preparing the pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s)....
7598341 Molecules that selectively home to vasculature of premalignant or malignant lesions of the pancreas and other organs  
The invention provides a conjugate that includes a therapeutic moiety linked to a peptide or peptidomimetic that selectively homes to vasculature of premalignant pancreas. The peptide or...
7595294 Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide pharmaceuticals  
Pharmaceutical compositions relating to vasoactive intestinal polypeptides and methods for the treatment of metabolic disorders, including diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic acidosis and...
7595057 Streptococcus pyogenes antigens and corresponding DNA fragments  
The present invention relates to antigens, more particularly antigens of Streptococcus pyogenes (also called group A Streptococcus (GAS)) bacterial pathogen which are useful as vaccine...
7592420 Expression in filamentous fungi of protease inhibitors and variants thereof  
Described herein are protease inhibitors, variants thereof and methods for their production.
7592309 Method of using a peptide having analgesic and antitumor activity from scorpion  
The present invention relates to a peptide having analgesic and antitumor activity derived from the scorpion and partial fragment, derivative or analogue thereof having analgesic and antitumor...
7592305 Use of ghrelin for treating malnutrition in gastrectomized individuals  
The present invention relates to use of ghrelin or an analogue thereof for the preparation of a medicament for one or more of: treatment and/or prevention of loss of body weight and body fat,...
7592157 Expression in filamentous fungi of protease inhibitors and variants thereof  
Described herein are protease inhibitors, variants thereof and methods for their production.
7589176 Antifungal polypeptides  
The invention relates to antifungal compositions and methods for protecting a plant from a fungal pathogen. Compositions including antifungal polypeptides isolated from a fungal fermentation broth...
7589058 Ghrelin analogs  
The invention comprises peptidyl analogs that possess agonist or antagonist ghrelin activity, along with therapeutic and non-therapeutic uses thereof.
7585937 GAG binding proteins  
A method is provided for introducing a GAG binding site into a protein comprising the steps: identifying a region in a protein which is not essential for structure maintenance introducing at...
7585936 Protein expression  
The invention provides a peptide having at least about 75% amino acid homology with the sequence shown in SEQ ID No: 2. The peptide of the invention also can include an amino acid homology with the...
7582727 Pharmaceutical formulations of bivalirudin and processes of making the same  
Pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s) comprising bivalirudin as the active ingredient, and a method of preparing the pharmaceutical batch(es) or pharmaceutical formulation(s)....
7582726 VEGF receptor antagonists  
The present invention describes an approach to cancer therapy utilizing novel VEGF receptor antagonists. Specifically, the invention provides peptides and polynucleotides encoding VEGF receptor...
7582608 Selective VPAC2 receptor peptide agonists  
The present invention encompasses peptides that selectively activate the VPAC2 receptor and are useful in the treatment of diabetes.
7582311 Injection vehicle for polymer-based formulations  
The invention provides injection vehicles suitable for administering particulate suspensions, such as polymer-based formulations, as well as associated pharmaceutical formulations, articles of...
7579444 Polymer-factor IX moiety conjugates  
Conjugates of a Factor IX moiety and one or more water-soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the water-soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided (among...
7579165 Methods for derivatizing protein or peptide with sulfonic acid groups  
The present invention provides a method for effectively introducing sulfonic acid groups into the N-terminus of a protein or a peptide. The method comprises a modification step to react a...
7579010 Botulinum toxin pharmaceutical compositions with a recombinant human serum albumin  
A botulinum toxin pharmaceutical formulation free of animal derived proteins, comprising a botulinum toxin and a recombinant albumin, suitable for therapeutic administration to a human patient, and...
7579004 Naturally processed measles virus peptides eluted from class II HLA molecules  
A preparation of peptides eluted from class II HLA molecules is disclosed. Methods of decreasing measles infections comprising inoculating human patients with a vaccine comprising one or more of...
7576176 Neisseria meningitidis antigens and compositions  
The invention provides proteins from Neisseria meningitidis , including the amino acid sequences and the corresponding nucleotide sequences. The proteins are predicted to be useful antigens for...
7576059 Peptide derivatives  
A pharmacologically active peptide hormone derivative in which the parent peptide hormone has been modified by introducing either a lipophilic substituent, W, in the N-terminal amino acid or a...
7576056 Peptides and compounds that bind to a receptor  
Peptide compounds that bind to and activate the thrombopoietin receptor (c-mpl or TPO-R) or otherwise act as a TPO agonist are disclosed.
7576050 GLP-1 exendin-4 peptide analogs and uses thereof  
The invention relates to novel polypeptide analogues of GLP-1 and exendin-4. The polypeptide, in a preferred embodiment, is insulinotropic and long-acting. Preferably, the polypeptide's...
7575758 Acaricidal compositions and methods of use thereof  
A method of controlling acarine pests comprises applying to the locus of the acarine pests, an isolated polypeptide toxin, wherein the polypeptide toxin has acaricidal activity. In one embodiment,...
7572884 Method for making acylated polypeptides  
The present invention related to a method of producing polypeptides in transformed host cells by expressing a precursor molecule of the desired polypeptide which are to be acylated in a subsequent...
7572771 Multi-domain amphipathic helical peptides and methods of their use  
Disclosed herein are peptides or peptide analogs with multiple amphipathic α-helical domains that promote lipid efflux from cells via an ABCA1-dependent pathway. Also provided herein are methods...
7572591 Construct comprising recognition domain of antibody against von Willebrand factor-specific cleaving enzyme  
The present invention provides an epitope recognized by an antibody (hereinafter, also referred to as an anti-ADAMTS-13 antibody) against a cleaving protease (hereinafter, also referred to as...
7569662 Nucleotide and amino acid sequences, and assays and methods of use thereof for diagnosis of lung cancer  
Novel markers for lung cancer that are both sensitive and accurate. These markers are overexpressed in lung cancer specifically, as opposed to normal lung tissue. The measurement of these markers,...
7569661 Polypeptide scaffolds and use thereof  
Novel peptide having a sequence according to SEQ. ID. No. 1, SEQ. ID. No. 2 and/or SEQ. ID. No. 3 are disclosed and also polypeptide scaffold consisting of a four helix bundle formed of two...
7569660 Recombinant prion-like proteins and materials comprising same  
The present invention provides novel polypeptides comprising a prion-aggregation domain and a second domain; novel polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides; host cells transformed or transfected...