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7604996 Compositions and methods for preparing oligonucleotide solutions  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for generating a pool of oligonucleotides. The invention finds use in preparing a population or subpopulations of oligonucleotides in...
7605243 Compounds and methods for labeling oligonucleotides  
The invention provides a novel method of labeling oligonucleotides, with reporter moieties, including but not limited to, quenchers, fluorophores, biotin, digoxigenin, peptides and proteins. In...
7601532 Microarray for predicting the prognosis of neuroblastoma and method for predicting the prognosis of neuroblastoma  
A microarray for predicting the prognosis of neuroblastoma, wherein the microarray has 25 to 45 probes related to good prognosis, which are hybridized to a gene transcript whose expression is...
7601503 Detection of negatively charged polymers using water-soluble, cationic, polythiophene derivatives  
Novel methods allowing for the simple optical and electrochemical detection of double-stranded oligonucleotides are disclosed. The methods are rapid, selective and versatile. Advantageously, they...
7601531 Chlamydia pneumoniae polynucleotides and uses thereof  
The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae , such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or...
7601831 Methods, kits and assay system for detecting drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis  
The present invention relates to methods, kits and assay system for detecting drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of suspected patient. The system of the present invention largely reduces...
7601498 Methods of using dyes in association with nucleic acid staining or detection and associated technology  
Methods of using dyes and associated technology are provided. A dye, such as a monomeric dye or a dimeric dye, may be used in a nucleic acid gel staining application and/or a nucleic acid detection...
7601493 Methods and apparatus for screening and detecting multiple genetic mutations  
An assay system and methods are described where patient samples containing genomic DNA are analyzed for the presence of known genetic polymorphisms using a universal reporter strategy. In a...
7601822 Molecular identification of bacteria of genus Streptococcus and related genera  
The invention concerns a method for detecting by molecular identification a bacterium of one of the species of genus Streptococcus and four related genera Enterococcus, Gemella, Abiotrophia and...
7598034 Method of identifying hairpin DNA probes by partial fold analysis  
Method of identifying molecular beacons in which a secondary structure prediction algorithm is employed to identify oligonucleotide sequences within a target gene having the requisite hairpin...
RE40929 Chromosome-specific staining to detect genetic rearrangements associated with chromosome 3 and/or chromosome 17  
Methods and compositions for staining based upon nucleic acid sequence that employ nudeic nucleic acid probes are provided. Said methods produce staining patterns that can be tailored for...
7598057 Use of cytokine receptors as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in human cancer  
Nucleic acids encoding erythropoietin receptor isoforms are described, as well as the encoded isoforms, methods of detecting the same, and methods of screening for and treating cancer.
7598035 Method and compositions for ordering restriction fragments  
The invention provides a method for constructing a high resolution physical map of a polynucleotide. In accordance with the invention, nucleotide sequences are determined at the ends of restriction...
7598038 Method for estimating end use qualities of wheat at growth stage  
The invention provides a means for estimating the end use qualities of wheat flour that will be obtained in the future from the harvested wheat at an early stage before maturation of the wheat...
7595164 Compositions and methods to detect Candida albicans nucleic acid  
Compositions are disclosed as nucleic acid sequences that may be used as amplification oligomers, including primers, capture probes for sample preparation, and detection probes specific for ...
7595385 Polymorphisms in the region of the human hemochromatosis gene  
Polymorphic sites in the region surrounding the HH gene are provided. These polymorphisms are useful as surrogate markers in diagnostic assays for hemochromatosis.
7595155 Multiplex detection probes  
The present invention comprises detection probes utilizing vesicles or soluble bodies to retain multiple mass tag molecules. The detection probes may be used to simultaneously assay a plurality of...
7595162 Methods of labeling polynucleotides with energy transfer dyes  
Novel linkers for linking a donor dye to an acceptor dye in an energy transfer fluorescent dye are provided. These linkers faciliate the efficient transfer of energy between a donor and acceptor...
7595161 Efficacy of calcimimetic agents  
A method of assessing the efficacy of a calcimimetic drug to treat hyperparathyroidism in a subject may include determining which alleles for a calcium-sensitive receptor (CaSR) gene the subject...
7592135 High resolution typing system for pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosum  
MLVA methods for strain discrimination among Mycobacterium tuberculosum strains are disclosed. Nine VNTR loci have been identified from genomic sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosum strains...
7592446 Synthesis of selenium-derivatized nucleosides, nucleotides, phosphoramidites, triphosphates and nucleic acids  
The present invention provides selenium derivatives of nucleosides, nucleoside phosphoramidites, nucleotides, nucleotide triphosphates, oligonucleotides, polynucleotides, and larger nucleic acids...
7592137 Genetic testing kits and a method of bladder cancer  
A deletion in the end region of the long arm of a Chromosome 9 is efficiently detected. A genetic testing kit of bladder cancer according to the present invention includes a primer allowing for...
7592441 Liver cancer-related nucleic acids  
Described herein are novel polynucleotides associated with liver cancer. The polynucleotides are miRNAs, miRNA precursors, and associated nucleic acids. Methods and compositions are described that...
7592435 Modified nucleosides and nucleotides and uses thereof  
The invention is directed to modified guanine-containing nucleosides and nucleotides and uses thereof. More specifically, the invention relates to modified fluorescently labelled guanine-containing...
7592318 88kDa tumorigenic growth factor and antagonists  
This invention relates to products and methods for treating cancer and for diagnosing tumorigenicity and other diseases associated with alteration in GP88 expression or action. Antagonists to an 88...
7589189 Inhibition of the expression of huntingtin gene  
It is intended to provide methods for suppressing the huntington gene expression by using a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), huntington gene expression inhibitors to suppress the huntington gene...
7588921 Messenger RNA profiling: body fluid identification using multiplex real time-polymerase chain reaction (q-PCR)  
This invention relates to a ribonucleic acid (RNA) based assay system for body fluid identification, and in particular to a novel, multiplex, parallel assay system based on messenger RNA expressed...
7588896 Methods, compositions, and kits for forming self-complementary polynucleotides  
The present teachings generally relate to methods, kits, and compositions for detecting target polynucleotide sequences. The teachings also relate to ligation and amplification reactions that...
7588894 Use of ID4 for diagnosis and treatment of cancer  
Methods for diagnosis and treatment of cancer using ID4 are disclosed. Specifically, epigenetic inactivation of ID4 in colorectal carcinomas and breast correlates with poor differentiation and...
7588941 Dispersion of carbon nanotubes by nucleic acids  
Nucleic acid molecules in a stabilized solution such as single stranded DNA and RNA were able to disperse high concentration of bundled carbon nanotubes into aqueous solution.
7585849 Position dependent recognition of GNN nucleotide triplets by zinc fingers  
The specificity of binding of a zinc finger to a triplet or quadruplet nucleotide target subsite depends upon the location of the zinc finger in a multifinger protein and, hence, upon the location...
7585966 Inhibitory polynucleotides directed against the RNA component of telomerase  
This invention provides inhibitory polynucleotides, such as antisense molecules, directed against accessible regions in the telomerase ribonucleoprotein. The polynucleotides are useful for...
7585624 Detection of the energy of photons from biological assays  
A cryogenic detector is used for detection in a biological assay.
7585649 Modified oligonucleotides and applications thereof  
Disclosed, among other things, are primers containing certain modified nucleobases in the 3′ terminal region of the primers that provide reduced formation of primer-dimers during amplification...
7585632 Compositions and methods for the detection of a nucleic acid using a cleavage reaction  
The invention relates to compositions and methods for generating a signal indicative of the presence of a target nucleic acid in a sample utilizing a primer-probe duplex.
7585968 Compositions and their uses directed to thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC)  
Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of TARC in a cell, tissue or animal. Also provided are methods of target validation. Also provided are uses of...
7585630 Genetic variants in the TCF7L2 gene as diagnostic markers for risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus  
Polymorphisms in the gene TCF7L2 are shown by association analysis to be a susceptibility gene for type II diabetes. Methods of diagnosis of susceptibility to diabetes, of decreased susceptibility...
7585629 Compositions and methods for spinocerebellar ataxia  
The autosomal dominant spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) represent a growing and heterogeneous clinical phenotype with ongoing discovery of causative etiologies. Methods: The authors collected DNA and...
7585631 Method for obtaining purified RNA from viable oocysts  
The present invention describes novel oligonucleotides targeted to nucleic acid sequences derived from Crytosporidium organisms, and Crytosporidium parvum organisms in particular, which are...
7585964 Methods of analyzing chromosomal translocations using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)  
Probes and methods of using the probes to detect chromosomal rearrangements and/or deletions are provided. The methods utilize probes that are free of repeat sequences to provide greater...
7585965 Metallic object with a nucleic acid coating and derivatives thereof and method for producing said object  
A metallic object has a coating made of a thin metal oxide layer and nucleic acids or nucleic acid derivatives bonded thereto. The nucleic acid compounds have 5′-terminal or 3′-terminal...
7582421 Methods for determination of single nucleic acid polymorphisms using a bioelectronic microchip  
This application includes methods for detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a sample using an electronically addressable microchip having a plurality of test sites. A sample nucleic...
7582420 Multiplex nucleic acid reactions  
The invention is directed to a variety of multiplexing methods used to amplify and/or genotype a variety of samples simultaneously.
7582427 Method of estimating drug metabolic activity by analyzing mutations in glucuronosyl transferase gene  
An object of this invention is to provide a method for assaying, predicting or assessing drug metabolism by effectively detecting (a) mutation(s) in a gene coding for UGT. A gene coding for UGT...
7582740 Methods and kits for detecting SARS-associated coronavirus  
The present invention provides a synthetic nucleic acid sequence comprising 10-30 nucleotides of the N gene region and/or the 3′ non-coding region of the SARS-associated coronavirus genome, and a...
7582470 Device for amplifying and detecting a target nucleic acid  
Compositions, methods and devices for detecting nucleic acids. The invention particularly regards composite arrays of immobilized amplification primers and hybridization probes. Also disclosed are...
7582615 Antisense antiviral compound and method for treating arenavirus infection  
The invention provides antisense antiviral compounds and methods of their use and production in inhibition of growth of viruses of the Arenaviridae family and in the treatment of a viral infection....
7579146 Nucleic acid cloning  
The present invention provides an improved system for linking nucleic acids to one another. In particular, the present invention provides techniques for producing DNA product molecules that may be...
7579454 Method for detecting gram-positive bacteria  
The present invention relates to a method for detecting and/or identifying Gram-positive bacteria with high GC content, in particular mycobacteria. The method comprises a nucleic acid amplification...
7579155 Method for identifying the sequence of one or more variant nucleotides in a nucleic acid molecule  
The invention relates to methods for identifying the sequence of one or more variant nucleotides in nucleic acid molecules. The method involves cleaving a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule...