Patents and Patent Applications from Georgetown University


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US20120128693 CADHERIN-11 INHIBITORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF  
Cadherin-11 inhibitors and methods for the prevention and treatment of cadherin-11 related diseases are described herein. Cadherin-11 related diseases include cancer and rheumatoid arthritis.
US20120107833 Antibody specific for a mammalian sphingosine kinase type 2 isoform protein and methods of use thereof  
Polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies which are specific for a mammalian sphingosine kinase type 2 isoform protein and methods for detecting the presence of sphingosine kinase type 2 isoform using...
8163805 Small molecule antagonists of Bcl-2 family proteins  
The present invention relates to naturally occurring and chemically synthesized small molecule antagonists of Bcl-2 family proteins. In particular, the present invention provides gossypol compounds...
8153657 Dopamine-, norepinephrine- and serotonin-transporter-selective heterocyclic compounds and their therapeutic applications  
One aspect of the invention relates to piperidine compounds that are useful as inhibitors of monoamine transporters. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a...
8138749 Optical imaging and patterning based on a magnetically controlled ferrofluid  
Methods, systems, and apparatus for optical imaging and patterning based on a magnetically controlled ferrofluid are described. One such system includes a substrate and an active region including...
US20120065088 SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC DETECTION OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES  
A method for detecting the presence of a target nucleotide sequence in a sample of DNA is described herein in which a test sample comprising single stranded DNA is exposed to a DNA probe and a...
US20120055045 ORTHOTIC DEVICES  
The present invention relates to orthotic devices and footwear. In particular, the present invention relates to orthotic devices comprising a wedge configured to be placed beneath a forefoot.
8124052 Method for identifying targeting domains and methods and compositions comprising the same  
The present invention is directed to a method of identifying tissue targeting domains. In particular, the invention relates to methods for identifying a polynucleotide encoding a targeting domain...
8097472 System and method for the separation of analytes  
A separation module operates to fractionate or separate an analyte into fractions according to pI, i.e., pI bands, utilizing capillary isoelectric focusing (“CIEF”) within a first microchannel. The...
US20120010487 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING HEALTH AND DELIVERING DRUGS TRANSDERMALLY  
The present invention pertains to a system and method for transdermal sampling, comprising: at least one sampler for retrieving and transferring at least one analyte obtained transdermally from the...
US20110317960 DIRECT COUPLING OF OPTICAL SLOT WAVEGUIDE TO ANOTHER OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE  
Devices, systems and techniques for directly coupling an optical slot waveguide to another optical waveguide without a taper waveguide region between the two optical waveguides.
US20110301208 VIRAL AND FUNGAL INHIBITORS  
Novel classes of viral and fungal inhibitors are disclosed. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating viral infections such as, for example, Hepatitis C Virus, West...
8067600 Histone deacetylase inhibitors and methods of use thereof  
One aspect of the invention relates to HDAC inhibitors. Methods of sensitizing a cancer cell to the cytotoxic effects of radiotherapy are also provided. The invention also provides methods for...
US20110269733 Silent Desensitizers of Neuronal nAChR and Methods of Use Thereof  
One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. A second aspect of the invention relates to the use of a compound of...
US20110269178 FLUORESCENT CDK INHIBITORS FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER  
Disclosed are molecules and their synthesis. The fluorescent moiety also facilitates screening, tracking, and pharmacodynamic studies of the drug in a biological system both in vitro and in vivo.
US20110265008 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES USING TELECOMMUNICATION  
Patients with chronic illnesses resist using conventional automated healthcare management systems to supply necessary clinical data because such systems feel impersonal, preferring to actually...
8044103 Cyclic dipeptides and azetidinone compounds and their use in treating CNS injury and neurodegenerative disorders  
The present invention provides 4-substituted-2-azetidinone compounds, bicyclic 2-5-diketopiperazine compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that are potent, safe and effective...
US20110256469 Platinum Adlayered Ruthenium Nanoparticles, Method for Preparing, and Uses Thereof  
A superior, industrially scalable one-pot ethylene glycol-based wet chemistry method to prepare platinum-adlayered ruthenium nanoparticles has been developed that offers an exquisite control of the...
US20110251294 FAST RECOVERY OF THIXOTROPY BY ORGANOGELS WITH LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT GELATORS  
Low molecular weight gelators, methods of making such gelators, organogels comprising such gelators and methods of using such organogels are described. In exemplary methods, the gelators can be...
US20110251193 1,2-BENZISOTHIAZOLINONE AND ISOINDOLINONE DERIVATIVES  
Novel classes of 1,2-benzisothiazolinone and isoindolinone compounds and compositions are disclosed. These compounds and compositions are useful in treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating viral,...
8037535 System and method for detecting malicious executable code  
A system and method for detecting malicious executable software code. Benign and malicious executables are gathered; and each are encoded as a training example using n-grams of byte codes as...
8030300 Ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, and methods of making and using them  
One aspect of the present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds that are ligands for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. A second aspect of the invention relates to the use of a compound of...
US20110230442 NA CHANNELS, DISEASE, AND RELATED ASSAYS AND COMPOSITIONS  
Disclosed are molecules and their synthesis, for use in blocking gated ion channels such as voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) and prostate voltage sodium channels (PVSCs). These inhibitors have...
US20110224207 FLAVIVIRUS INHIBITORS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE  
Methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating a Flavivirus infection in a subject are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a...
US20110217389 METHODS FOR TREATING HEAT STRESS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS  
Methods of treating, reducing, and/or preventing heat stress are provided. For example, provided is a method of treating or preventing heat stress in a subject comprising selecting a subject in...
8012679 Papillomavirus vaccines  
Seven polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies were characterized for their ability to react specifically with either conformational or non-conformational epitopes of the HPV-1 virion. Using these...
US20110213146 Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-H Amination Using Unactivated Amines  
One aspect of the invention relates to a method of animation or amidation, comprising the step of combining a substrate, comprising a reactive C—H bond, and an amine or amide, comprising a r...
7989491 Use of artemisinin for treating tumors induced by oncogenic viruses and for treating viral infections  
In certain aspects, the invention relates to methods of treating proliferative cervical disorders (such as cervical cancer and cervical dysplasia) and treating virus infections by administering...
US20110182890 ANTI-PLEIOTROPHIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF  
The present invention concerns antibodies that neutralize at least one biological activity of pleiotrophin. The antibodies can inhibit cancer cell growth and angiogenesis in vitro or in vivo. The...
7960163 Matriptase, a serine protease and its applications  
The invention is directed to a method of detecting a malignancy or a pre-malignant lesion in breast or other tissue, or a pathologic condition, by detecting the presence of single-chain or...
US20110130421 Methods and Compositions for the Treatment of Chronic Renal Hypertension  
Methods and compositions for the treating chronic renal hypertension in a subject comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one nitroxide-containing composition to the...
US20110123980 SEQUENCE-SPECIFIC DETECTION OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES  
A method for detecting the presence of a target nucleotide sequence in a sample of DNA is described herein in which a test sample comprising single stranded DNA is exposed to a DNA probe and a...
US20110107253 CLINICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CHRONIC ILLNESSES USING TELECOMMUNICATION  
Patients with chronic illnesses resist using conventional automated healthcare management systems to supply necessary clinical data because such systems feel impersonal, preferring to actually...
US20110104301 METHODS OF REDUCING PAIN AND INFLAMMATION  
Provided herein are methods of treating or preventing pain and/or inflammation in a subject comprising administering to the subject a transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channel inhibitor.
US20110104252 ANTI-APOPTOTIC GENE SCC-S2 AND DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF  
A gene that is a positive mediator of tumor growth and metastasis in certain cancer types is provided. This gene and corresponding polypeptide have diagnostic and therapeutic application for...
US20110098504 Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors and Methods of Use Thereof  
The invention provides novel classes of HDAC inhibitors. Methods of sensitizing a cancer cell to the cytotoxic effects of radiotherapy are also provided as well as methods for treating cancer and...
7931592 Systems and methods for monitoring health and delivering drugs transdermally  
The present invention pertains to a system and method for transdermal sampling, comprising: at least one sampler for retrieving and transferring at least one analyte obtained transdermally from the...
US20110081295 PERIPHERAL-TYPE BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR EXPRESSION LEVEL AS AN INDEX OF ORGAN DAMAGE AND REGENERATION  
The present invention relates to methods, reagents, and kits for assessing organ damage, such as damage due to ischemia reperfusion injury, in the course of a transplantation therapy and/or for...
US20110076214 Reversible Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids  
One aspect of the present invention relates to salts that are room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), methods of making them, and methods of using them in connection with temporary or permanent gas...
US20110071072 Antifungal Bone Cements  
Antifungal bone cement compositions and methods of using the same are disclosed. In one aspect, a bone cement composition comprises an echinocandin lipopeptide antifungal agent and a cementing...
US20110045100 Antimalarial Quinolines and Methods of Use Thereof  
One aspect of the invention relates to substitute quinolines with antimalarial activity, and compositions and kits comprising at least one of them. Another aspect of the invention relates to...
7888509 Chiral 1,8-diarylnaphthalenes, methods of making them, and their use as sensors  
One aspect of the invention relates to 1,8-diarylnaphthalene compounds. In certain embodiments, a compound of the invention is an N-oxide of a 1,8-diarylnaphthalene. In certain embodiments, the...
7888485 Anti-pleiotrophin antibodies and methods of use thereof  
The present invention concerns antibodies that neutralize at least one biological activity of pleiotrophin. The antibodies can inhibit cancer cell growth and angiogenesis in vitro or in vivo. The...
US20110021885 SUBDURAL ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSOR  
A subdural electro-optical sensor system may include a substrate to which is attached an array of electrodes, light emitters, and light detectors. The sensor system may be sufficiently thin,...
7872027 Low molecular weight Myc-max inhibitors  
Compounds and compositions for interfering with the association of Myc and Max are described herein. These compounds and compositions are useful in methods inhibiting growth or proliferation of a...
7863010 Method of assessing progress of kidney regeneration  
The present invention relates to methods, reagents, and kits for assessing organ damage, such as damage due to ischemia reperfusion injury, in the course of a transplantation therapy and/or for...
US20100329981 SIMPLIFIED AND IMPROVED METHOD FOR PREPARING AN ANTIBODY OR AN ANTIBODY FRAGMENT TARGETED IMMUNOLIPOSOME FOR SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF A THERAPEUTIC OR DIAGNOSTIC AGENT  
A method of preparing an antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex comprises the steps of (a) preparing an antibody or antibody fragment; (b) mixing said...
US20100313286 G protein-related kinase mutants in essential hypertension  
Disclosed are methods for identifying individuals predisposed to essential hypertension and related conditions such as salt sensitivity by detecting the presence of polymorphic or mutant forms of...
7842835 Histone deacetylase inhibitors and methods of use thereof  
The invention provides novel classes of HDAC inhibitors. Methods of sensitizing a cancer cell to the cytotoxic effects of radiotherapy are also provided as well as methods for treating cancer and...
7825216 Phenylanine derivatives  
The present invention provides phenylalanine derivatives that inhibit SH2 domain binding with a phosphoprotein. These derivatives include compounds of the formula: W—Y-(AA)n-Z wherein n is 0 to 1...
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