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7361466 Nucleic acid analysis using terminal-phosphate-labeled nucleotides  
The present invention is directed to a method of sequencing a target nucleic acid molecule having a plurality of bases. In its principle, the temporal order of base additions during the...
7358822 MEMS oscillator drive  
The temperature of a remote portion of device having a microelectromechanical oscillator is modulated to create oscillation of the oscillators. In one embodiment, a localized heat source is placed...
7358048 Method for detection of promoter methylation status  
The present invention relates to the detection of promoter methylation status using a combination of either modification of methylated DNA or restriction endonuclease digestion, multiplex...
7354992 Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding cancer associated antigens, the antigens per se, and uses thereof  
The invention relates to newly identified cancer associated antigens. It has been discovered that each of these molecules provokes antibodies when expressed by a subject. The ramifications of this...
US20080063765 Protein and calcium fortification system for clear and opaque beverages  
A milk serum protein and calcium concentrate that is useful for fortifying acidic clear or opaque, carbonated or uncarbonated soft drinks without producing a cloudy appearance in clear drinks and...
US20080058276 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THERAPEUTICS BASED ON PIN-1 CATALYZED CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN PHOSPHORYLATED AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN  
The present invention is directed to inhibiting amyloidogenic processing of amyloid precursor protein, and/or inhibiting production of amyloid beta peptides. These methods can involve accelerating...
US20080056255 Lateral error correction for time-critical multicast  
A system and method for providing a low-latency reliable multicast protocol designed for time-critical clustered applications. Internet Protocol (IP) multicast is used to transmit data and recovers...
US20080054391 MONOLITHIC SILICON-BASED PHOTONIC RECEIVER  
An integrated circuit, and method for manufacturing the integrated circuit, where the integrated circuit can include a phototransistor comprising a base having a SiGe base layer of a predetermined...
7339244 Small scale wires with microelectromechanical devices  
A process cycles between etching and passivating chemistries to create rough sidewalls that are converted into small structures. In one embodiment, a mask is used to define lines in a single...
7338937 Calcium-activated chloride channel proteins and their use in anti-metastatic therapy  
Nucleotide sequences which encode a mammalian lung endothelial cell adhesion molecule are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleotide sequences which encode a lung endothelial cell adhesion...
US20080051554 Copolymerization of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide and homopolymerization of propylene oxide  
Copolymers of propylene oxide and carbon dioxide and homopolymers of propylene oxide are made using two dimensional double metal cyanide complexes having the formula Co[M(CN)4] or hydrated or...
7335754 Ehrlichia canis genes and vaccines  
This invention provides the sequence of 5,299 nucleotides from the E. canis genome. There are four proteins, ProA, ProB, MmpA, and a cytochrome oxidase homolog, as well as a partial lipoprotein...
7335633 Detecting recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis or vulvar vestibulitis syndrome and method for treating same  
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for detecting increased risk of vulvovaginal candidiasis or vulvur vestibulitis syndrome. The method comprises obtaining a biological sample and...
7335467 Breast cancer antigens  
The invention provides methods for diagnosing cancer including breast cancer, based on the identification of certain breast cancer-associated polypeptides as antigens that elicit immune responses...
US20080044757 Molecular glass photoresists  
Several small molecule, molecular glasses are disclosed with new architectures designed for use as photoresists in semiconductor lithography. The disclosed photoresists are low molecular weight...
7332285 Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions  
The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection...
7329489 Methods for drug discovery, disease treatment, and diagnosis using metabolomics  
The small molecule profiles of cells are compared to identify small molecules which are modulated in altered states. Cellular small molecule libraries, methods of identifying tissue sources,...
US20080034452 METHOD FOR INCREASING RESISTANCE OF MONOCOT PLANTS AGAINST ABIOTIC STRESSES, TPS PLANT GENE CONSTRUCTS, AND TRANSFORMANTS  
The present invention relates to a method for increasing resistance of monocot plants against abiotic stress which comprises a step of transforming monocot plants with a recombinant plasmid...
US20080032918 Mast cell-derived renin  
The invention relates to the discovery that renin is present in mast cells and can act in a localized manner to initiate and/or exacerbate a number of conditions. Thus, the invention provides...
7326514 Organoelement resists for EUV lithography and methods of making the same  
Resist compositions containing silicon, boron, or both silicon and boron may be used with ultra-violet lithography processes and extreme ultra-violet (EUV) lithography processes to increase the...
7326043 Apparatus and method for elevated temperature electrospinning  
Elevated temperature electrospinning apparatus comprises a pump upstream of or containing a resistance heater, means to shield applied electrostatic field from the resistance heater, and a...
US20080025978 High affinity ligand for p75 neurotrophin receptor  
The present invention provides an isolated protein comprising a pro-domain of a proneurotrophin, methods for producing the protein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the isolated protein....
US20080020994 G proteins in tumor growth and angiogenesis  
The invention provides an agent that reduces the expression of Gα12 or Gα13 polypeptide, as well as an agent that enhances G protein Gα12 or Gα13 expression and/or activity. An agent of the inv...
7320876 Phytase-containing animal food and method  
A method is described for improving the nutritional value of a foodstuff comprising a source of myo-inositol hexakisphosphate by feeding the foodstuff in combination with a phytase expressed in...
7320865 Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions  
The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection...
7316769 Length-dependent recoil separation of long molecules  
Separation of long molecules by length is obtained by forcing such molecules to traverse a boundary between a low free-energy region and a high free-energy region. In one embodiment, the high...
US20080003601 DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID DIFFERENCES USING COMBINED ENDONUCLEASE CLEAVAGE AND LIGATION REACTIONS  
The present invention is a method for detecting DNA sequence differences including single nucleotide mutations or polymorphisms, one or more nucleotide insertions, and one or more nucleotide...
US20080002873 System and method for three-dimensional image rendering and analysis  
The present invention relates to methods and systems for conducting three-dimensional image analysis and diagnosis and possible treatment relating thereto. The invention includes methods of...
7313917 Volume phase transition to induce gel movement  
Movement of a gel structure is propagated by successively applying external stimuli to cause volume phase transition in the gel structure by alternately causing the gel structure to collapse and...
7313437 Adaptive diastolic interval control of action potential duration alternans  
A real-time detection technique and a real-time, adaptive, model-independent control technique for detecting and stabilizing pathological physiological rhythms, such as repolarization alternans, on...
7312063 Overexpression of phytase genes in yeast systems  
The present invention relates to a method of producing a heterologous protein or polypeptide having phytase activity in a yeast system. The invention also provides proteins having phytase activity...
7312039 Detection of nucleic acid sequence differences using coupled ligase detection and polymerase chain reactions  
The present invention relates to a method for identifying a target nucleotide sequence. This method involves forming a ligation product on a target nucleotide sequence in a ligase detection...
7312037 Identification of the gene and mutation responsible for progressive rod-cone degeneration in dog and a method for testing same  
Tools and methods are provided for determining whether or not a dog is genetically normal, is a carrier of, or is affected with or predisposed to progressive rod-cone degeneration. The method is...
7309505 Using mutations to improve Aspergillus phytases  
The present invention invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutant phytase and the isolated mutant phytase itself. The present invention further relates to methods of...
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,...
US20070287907 Cardiac Motion Artifact Suppression Using ECG Ordering  
Described is a robust electrocardiogram (ECG) ordering technique of k-space for breath hold contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA) that acquires the central part of k-space in a...
7306025 Methods for continuous casting of a molten material  
A method for controlling and manipulating solidification of a molten material includes generating a gradient pattern on at least a portion of a substrate and depositing the molten material on at...
7305028 Methods and system for equalizing data  
A method for equalizing data and systems utilizing the method. The method of this invention for equalizing (by shortening the channel response) data includes minimizing a function of the data and a...
7305021 Real-time software receiver  
A real-time software receiver that executes on a general purpose processor. The software receiver includes data acquisition and correlator modules that perform, in place of hardware correlation,...
7304555 Permalloy loaded transmission lines for high-speed interconnect applications  
To facilitate high frequency operation, transmission lines for high-speed interconnect applications in CMOS technologies are loaded with patterned permalloy or other ferromagnetic material films....
7304172 Polycarbonates made using highly selective catalysts  
Poly(propylene carbonates) are prepared from propylene oxide and CO2 with less than 10% cyclic propylene carbonate by product using cobalt based catalysts of structure preferably in combination...
7304122 Elastomeric functional biodegradable copolyester amides and copolyester urethanes  
The present invention provides elastomeric copolyester amides, elastomeric copolyester urethanes, and methods for making the same. The polymers that are based on α-amino acids and possess suitable ...
7301254 High efficiency radio isotope energy converters using both charge and kinetic energy of emitted particles  
An electrical energy generator with improved efficiency has a base on which is mounted an elastically deformable micromechanical element that has a section that is free to be displaced toward the...
7300994 Isotactic polypropylene containing polymers  
Isotactic polypropylene homopolymers or segments of low polydispersity are prepared using phenoxyketimine catalysts containing N-pentafluorophenyl groups.
7300781 Site-directed mutagenesis of Escherichia coli phytase  
The present invention relates to an isolated mutant acid phosphatase/phytase with improved enzymatic properties. The mutant acid phosphatase/phytase composition is particularly useful in animal...
PP18183 Alstroemeria plant named ‘Mauve Majesty’  
An Alstroemeria cultivar particularly distinguished by its mauve flower color, its strong, upright flower stems, its winter hardiness, and its continuous flowering from beginning of summer until...
7292742 Waveguides for performing enzymatic reactions  
The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for analysis of an analyte. The method involves providing a zero-mode waveguide which includes a cladding surrounding a core where the...
US20070255039 Polycarbonates made using highly selective catalysts  
Poly(propylene carbonates) are prepared from propylene oxide and CO2 with less than 10% cyclic propylene carbonate by product using cobalt based catalysts of structure preferably in combination...
US20070254994 Functionalized Naonostructures With Liquid-Like Behavior  
Compound containing at least 15% inorganic content demonstrates liquid-like behavior and is distinct in exhibiting liquid-like behavior in the absence of solvent. In one case it is quaternary...
US20070253981 CANINE INFLUENZA VIRUS  
The present invention relates to an isolate canine influenza virus. The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a hemagglutinin from a canine influenza virus. The...