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US20070277249 Animal Selected For Lacking Heparan Sulfate-3-O-Sulfotransferase-1 and Uses Thereof  
An animal selected for lacking heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase-1 activity is provided. This animal exhibits characteristics associated with myxomatous valvular disease and is useful for...
7296163 System and methods for encrypted execution of computer programs  
The invention provides a method for encrypting a program for execution on a remote host computer on a network, such that correct execution by the remote host computer is ensured, and such that the...
7288568 Therapeutic compositions and methods of use  
Compounds and methods useful for chemopreventative treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, and multiple sclerosis.
7285270 Method of reducing neuropathic pain  
The present invention relates to methods of treating pain. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) antibodies or binding fragments thereof are used to prevent or reduce behavioral...
7270975 Methods for regulating bud-hypha transitions and cAMP levels in Candida albicans  
The infection of a mammalian host by a microorganism can be prevented or treated through the alteration of the C. albicans homologue of the high affinity phosphodiesterase, PDE2, gene and/or the...
US20070213619 Systems And Methods For Noninvasively Monitoring Baroreflex Response And Nominal Blood Volume  
Systems and methods for noninvasively monitoring baroreflex response and nominal blood volume are disclosed herein. Software and methods for evaluating morphological features of a...
7258995 Compositions and methods for affecting virulence determinants in bacteria  
A novel sarR gene and sarR gene product which down regulates the expression of sarA and the resulting virulence determinants in Staphylococcus aureus is provided. Methods for modulating the...
7258984 Compositions and methods for identifying agents which regulate autolytic processes in bacteria  
A nucleic acid sequence which regulates the autolytic activity of bacteria is provided. Methods for identifying and using agents which interact with the gene to inhibit bacterial growth and...
7241446 Methods for modulating angiogenesis via VEGF  
Recombinant plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) isoforms which lack the reactive center loop and contain the complete heparin-binding domain or lack at least a portion of the heparin-binding...
7238782 Compositions and methods for regulating RNA stability using polypyrimidine tract proteins  
Compositions and methods for regulating CD154 gene expression are provided that rely on the interaction of polypyrimidine tract proteins with the 3′-untranslated region of CD154.
7227110 Prevention of ice formation by applying electric power to a liquid water layer  
A first electrode is separated from a second electrode by an interelectrode space. The interelectrode space does not exceed 3 mm, and preferably does not exceed 100 μm. Liquid water fills the ...
7192429 Thermokeratoplasty systems  
The present invention provides applicators for performing thermokeratoplasty. One embodiment of such applicators includes two generally tubular electrical conducting elements coaxially disposed...
7189891 Isolated ferric reductase defective polypeptides and uses thereof  
Novel molecules of the multi-drug and toxin efflux (MATE) family of molecules, designated herein as mutant ferric reductase defective (FRD3) nucleic acid and protein molecules are disclosed. The...
7186519 Method for detecting intracellular cholesterol  
The present invention relates to a method of detecting intracellular cholesterol. The method provides contacting a permeabilized cell with labeled Cθ complex. Methods of using this detection ...
US20070045282 Systems and methods for modifying an ice-to-object interface  
A method for controlling a coefficient of friction between an object and ice includes steps of (1) pulsing power to an interface between the object and the ice to melt an interfacial layer of ice...
7176237 Tricyclic-bis-enone derivatives and methods of use thereof  
Novel tricyclic-bis-enone derivatives (TBEs) as well as the process for the preparation of such TBEs are provided. Also provided are methods for prevention and/or treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's...
7166763 Mouse model of myxomatous valvular disease  
An animal selected for lacking heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase-1 activity is provided. This animal exhibits characteristics associated with myxomatous valvular disease and is useful for...
7164100 High-frequency de-icing of cableways  
High-frequency AC voltage with a frequency in a range of from 60 to 100 kHz supplied from a power source at 3 to 15 kV is applied to an electrical conductor within about 30 cm of a cableway. The...
7148328 Compositions and methods for regulating autolytic processes in bacteria  
A nucleic acid sequence required for regulating the autolytic activity of bacteria is provided. Also provided are polypeptides encoded by the gene or mutant gene as well as vector and host cells...
7148210 Method of treating bone metastasis  
The invention provides a drug combination for the treatment of diseases associated with bone metastasis. The combination provides adenosine or a derivative thereof, a bisphosphonate, and a...
7144710 Method for detecting inflammation and inflammatory conditions  
Methods for detecting the inflammatory biomarkers molecule CD 163 in biological samples are provided. Also provided are methods for monitoring the course of an inflammatory process or condition in...
7138599 Plasma-based de-icing  
An electrical conductor and a gas-filled layer are located at or near the surface of an object being deiced. The conductor carries an AC voltage that generates an alternating electric field in the...
7135182 Inhibition of transglutaminase-mediated microbial interaction with a mammalian host  
The infection of a mammalian host by a microorganism can be prevented or treated through the administration of substrates for transglutaminases or antibodies against such substrates that inhibit...
US20060247531 System and method for spectral-encoded high-rate hemodynamic tomography  
An optical tomography system has a group of lasers for generating light of multiple distinct wavelengths within a first wavelength band. Light from these lasers is directed into mammalian tissue at...
7129349 Methods of synthesizing 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazines  
An improved method of producing 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazines using nitrobenzene or a derivative thereof, a guanidine salt and a base as reactants is provided. The method is carried out at a...
US20060222649 Methods for inducing antigen-specific T cell tolerance  
Methods for inducing antigen-specific T cell tolerance are disclosed. The methods involve contacting a T cell with: 1) a cell which presents antigen to the T cell, wherein a ligand on the cell...
7109294 Bacterial glycosyltransferase polypeptides involved in antibiotic resistance  
Disclosed are various genes encoding proteins that are shown to play a role, direct or indirect, in microbial resistance of an organism in a biofilm and homologs thereof. Also disclosed are methods...
US20060195157 Apparatus and method for modulating neurochemical levels in the brain  
The present invention provides a method for modulating or regulating levels of a neurochemical in an individual using deep brain stimulation. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of...
7092853 Environmental noise monitoring system  
A continuous environmental noise level recording and analysis system is provided. The system is capable of sampling, processing and storing Equivalent Sound Level values over a period of about two...
7087876 High-frequency melting of interfacial ice  
An alternating electric field is applied at an ice interface to generate a resistive AC current having a frequency greater than 1000 Hz in interfacial ice. Typically, a first electrode and a second...
US20060173509 Deep brain stimulator  
The present invention relates to a method for the detection and ablation of aberrant thalamic oscillations leading to tremor and/or seizure. The invention provides a high frequency stimulator...
7049086 High-throughput screening assay for cholesterol inhibitors and inhibitors identified thereby  
The present invention provides a high-throughput screening assay to identify test agents as cholesterol inhibitors via mutant NCP1 mammalian cells. Also provided are cholesterol inhibiting agents...
7049075 Deoxyribonuclease IIβ proteins and cDNAs  
The present invention provides cDNAs encoding deoxyribonuclease IIβ and isolated, purified deoxyribonuclease IIβ proteins. Antibodies against this protein and antisense agents targeted to a cDNA o...
7034257 Methods for modifying friction between an object and ice or snow  
A method modifies friction between an object and ice or snow. The method utilizes a heating element to apply a pulse of thermal energy to an interface between the object and the ice or snow; the...
7033756 Methods of diagnosing, prognosticating and treating matrix metalloproteinase-1 related diseases via a matrix metalloproteinase-1 single nucleotide polymorphism  
Methods and kits for diagnosing and prognosticating matrix metalloproteinase-1 related disease by detecting a single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter of the gene are provided. Also provided...
7022487 Compositions and methods for regulating RNA stability using polypyrimidine tract proteins  
Compositions and methods for regulating CD154 gene expression are provided that rely on the interaction of polypyrimidine tract proteins with the 3′-untranslated region of CD154.
7012148 Compositions and methods for thionation during chemical synthesis reactions  
Compositions and methods for using these compositions to produce high yields of thionated compounds are provided.
6996241 Tuned feedforward LMS filter with feedback control  
A method to automatically and adaptively tune a leaky, normalized least-mean-square (LNLMS) algorithm so as to maximize the stability and noise reduction performance in feedforward adaptive noise...
US20060012367 Imaging by magnetic resonance adsorption, elastography and tomography  
A microwave imaging system provides superior breast imaging resolution by combining MR microwave absorption and MR-compatible microwave tomography calculations. These techniques may also be...
US20060008460 Monoclonal antibody MR1 and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to a counter-receptor, termed CD40CR, for the CD40 B-cell antigen, and to soluble ligands for this receptor, including fusion molecules comprising at least a portion...
US20050288363 Therapeutic compositions and methods of use  
Compounds and methods useful for chemopreventative treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, inflammatory bowel diseases, and multiple sclerosis.
6943014 Deoxyribonuclease IIβ proteins and CDNAs  
The present invention provides cDNAs encoding deoxyribonuclease IIβ and isolated, purified deoxyribonuclease IIβ proteins. Antibodies against this protein and antisense agents targeted to a cDNA o...
6929913 Compositions and methods for regulating autolytic processes in bacteria  
A nucleic acid sequence required for regulating the autolytic activity of bacteria is provided. Also provided are polypeptides encoded by the gene or mutant gene as well as vector and host cells...
6927059 Compositions and methods for identifying agents which regulate autolytic processes in bacteria  
A nucleic acid sequence which regulates the autolytic activity of bacteria is provided. Methods for identifying and using agents which interact with the gene to inhibit bacterial growth and...
US20050163780 Method for prolonged suppression of humoral immune response to a thymus-dependent antigen  
Methods of suppressing a humoral immune response to a thymus-dependent (TD) antigen are disclosed. The methods involve administering to a subject a TD antigen with an antagonist of a molecule which...
US20050152897 Methods for inducing T cell tolerance to a tissue or organ graft  
Methods for inducing T cell tolerance to a tissue or organ graft in a transplant recipeint are disclosed. The methods involve administering to a subject: 1) an allogeneic or xenogeneic cell which...
6887677 Compounds and methods for identifying compounds which inhibit a new class of aspartyl proteases  
Compounds and methods for designing and identifying compounds which inhibit TFPP-like aspartyl protease enzymes by targeting the aspartic acid residues of the active site or mimicking peptides...
6870139 Systems and methods for modifying an ice-to-object interface  
Systems and methods for thermally modifying an ice-to-object interface. One system includes a power supply configured to generate a magnitude of power. The magnitude of the power is sufficient to...
6847024 Prevention of ice formation by applying electric power to a liquid water layer  
A first electrode is separated from a second electrode by an interelectrode space. The interelectrode space does not exceed 3 mm, and preferably does not exceed 100 μm. Liquid water fills the ...
6832742 System and method for an electrical de-icing coating  
A system for modifying ice adhesion strength of ice adhered to an object comprises a composite coating containing wire electrodes covering the surface to be protected. In one embodiment, a...
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