Patents and Patent Applications from Georgetown University


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US20090286876 NEUROPROTECTIVE BENZOATE AND BENZAMIDE COMPOUNDS  
The invention provides a therapeutic method for treating at least one symptom of a neurological disorder or disease such as Alzheimer's disease in a mammal, such as a human, wherein the toxicity of...
7618827 Thyroid hormone analysis by mass spectrometry  
Methods, systems and kits for the simultaneous or sequential analysis of one or more hormones by mass spectrometry are disclosed. The methods require minimal sample size and minimal preparation...
7615355 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...
7608264 Antibodies that bind to pleiotrophin growth factor receptor  
This invention relates to the discovery that pleiotrophin binds to and activates a pleiotrophin-receptor which is responsible for the events associated with pleiotrophin activity including...
US20090232815 ANTIBODIES THAT BIND TO PLEIOTROPHIN GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR  
This invention relates to the discovery that pleiotrophin binds to and activates a pleiotrophin-receptor which is responsible for the events associated with pleiotrophin activity including...
US20090216860 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING, COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND COMMUNICATING EVENT RELATED INFORMATION  
A system and method involves detecting operational social disruptive events on a global scale, assigning disease event staging and warnings to express data in more simplistic terms, modeling data...
US20090216747 System and method for detecting, collecting, analyzing, and communicating event-related information  
A system and method involves detecting operational social disruptive events on a global scale, assigning disease event staging and warnings to express data in more simplistic terms, modeling data...
US20090191261 Antibody fragment-targeted immunoliposomes for systemic gene delivery  
Nucleic acid-immunoliposome compositions useful as therapeutic agents are disclosed. These compositions preferably comprise (i) cationic liposomes, (ii) a single chain antibody fragment which binds...
US20090169555 Mammalian sphingosine kinase type 2 isoforms, cloning, expression and methods of use thereof  
Nucleic acids encoding mouse and human sphingosine kinase type 2 isoforms, methods for detecting agents or drugs which inhibit or promote sphingosine activity and therapeutic agents containing...
US20090164427 AUTOMATED FORENSIC DOCUMENT SIGNATURES  
Methods and systems are provided for a proactive approach for computer forensic investigations. The invention allows organizations anticipating the need for forensic analysis to prepare in advance....
US20090163543 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...
7528109 Pleiotrophin growth factor receptor for the treatment of proliferative, vascular and neurological disorders  
This invention relates to the discovery that pleiotrophin binds to and activates a pleiotrophin-receptor which is responsible for the events associated with pleiotrophin activity including...
7511027 Method of treating hepatitis delta virus infection  
A method for the treatment for hepatitis delta infection in a host, that includes administering an effective amount of a nucleoside or a nucleoside analog that suppresses the expression of the...
7507828 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...
7498407 Vascular endothelial cell growth inhibitor, VEGI-192a  
This invention discloses two new VEGI isoforms named VEGI- 192a and VEGI- 192b consisting of 192 amino acid residues. These isoforms show endothelial cell-specific expression and share a...
US20090053299 Methods for generating immune response using cationic-liposome-mediated nucleic acid delivery  
The present invention is in the fields of drug delivery, and specifically, cationic liposome-based vaccines. In embodiments, this invention provides methods of making ligand-targeted (e.g.,...
US20090053178 USE OF HERPES VECTORS FOR TUMOR THERAPY  
Eliciting a systemic antitumor immune response, in a patient who presents with or who is at risk of developing multiple metastatic tumors of a given cell type, entails, in one embodiment,...
7479276 Antibody fragment-targeted immunoliposomes for systemic gene delivery  
Nucleic acid-immunoliposome compositions useful as therapeutic agents are disclosed. These compositions preferably comprise (i) cationic liposomes, (ii) a single chain antibody fragment which binds...
7473560 Steroid hormone analysis by mass spectrometry  
Methods, systems and kits for the simultaneous or sequential analysis of a multitude of steroid hormones by mass spectrometry are disclosed. The methods require minimal sample size and minimal...
7442520 Gene BRCC-3 and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof  
A gene that is a modulator of tumor growth and metastasis in certain cancer types is provided. This gene and corresponding polypeptide have diagnostic and therapeutic application for detecting and...
US20080254466 Heregulin-like Factor  
The present invention relates to a novel HLF protein which is a member of the heregulin family. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human HLF protein. HLF...
US20080248566 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...
7427689 ErbB-2 selective small molecule kinase inhibitors  
A novel method for erbB-2 kinase inhibition by compounds identifies through computational modeling and data processing and/or rational and de novo drug design is provided the compounds bind erbB-2...
7419814 Mammalian sphingosine kinase type 2 isoforms, cloning, expression and methods of use thereof  
Methods for detecting agents or drugs which inhibit or promote an activity of sphingosine kinase type 2 isoform involving providing a recombinant DNA construct into a cell such that sphingosine...
US20080176821 LIGANDS FOR METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS AND INHIBITORS OF NAALADASE  
The present invention relates to novel compounds and formulations thereof which compounds are ligands, e.g., agonists or antagonists, for a metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or...
US20080175849 IMMUNOREACTIVE PEPTIDES FROM EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS  
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) specific polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are the use of these polypeptides for the production of polypeptide-specific antibodies and the diagnosis and treatment...
US20080138277 Delivery systems and methods for diagnosing and treating cardiovascular diseases  
The invention relates to the treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases associated with atherosclerosis. The invention further relates to methods of diagnosing...
US20080132486 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...
7381745 Ligands for metabotropic glutamate receptors and inhibitors of NAALADase  
The present invention relates to novel compounds and formulations thereof which compounds are ligands, e.g., agonists or antagonists, for a metabotropic glutamate receptor or a NAALADase enzyme or...
7378403 Akt inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof  
Disclosed are inhibitors of the serine/threonine kinase Akt, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such inhibitors, and a method of preventing or treating a disease or condition in an animal by...
US20080113340 Diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer  
In certain aspects, the invention relates to methods of diagnosing cervical cancer by using a combination of certain biomarkers such as hTERT, IGFBP-3, transferrin receptor, beta-catenin, Myc-HPV...
7355015 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...
7351811 Gene SCC-112 and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof  
A gene that is a modulator of tumor growth and metastasis in certain cancer types is provided. SCC-112 (about 150 kDa) and/or a mutant form of SCC-112 (about 65 kDa) is a tumor suppressor molecule....
7335738 Heregulin-like factor  
The present invention relates to a novel HLF protein which is a member of the heregulin family. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the human HLF protein. HLF...
US20080031812 REDOX-STABLE, NON-PHOSPHORYLATED CYCLIC PEPTIDE INHIBITORS OF SH2 DOMAIN BINDING TO TARGET PROTEIN, CONJUGATES, THEREOF, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF SYNTHESIS AND USE  
7326535 Immunoreactive peptides from Epstein-Barr virus  
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) specific polypeptides are disclosed. Also disclosed are the use of these polypeptides for the production of polypeptide-specific antibodies and the diagnosis and treatment...
US20070276140 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...
US20070269539 Ginkgo Biloba Extract as a Treatment for Therapeutic-Induced Neurotoxicity  
The invention features methods for treating neurotoxicity associated with therapeutic agents, e.g., chemotherapeutic agents, and compositions and kits for use therein. The methods employ an extract...
US20070259336 Methods for the detection of analytes in a sample  
A method for detecting the presence or concentration of an analyte in a sample, wherein: a) the sample is contacted with an immobilized first binding reagent which is capable of binding the analyte...
7282576 Coactivators in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer  
This invention relates to the AIB1 protein as a coactivator that potentiates the transcriptional activity of nuclear hormone receptors. The gene is amplified in a subset of human breast cancers....
7279306 Stable (fixed) forms of viral capsid proteins, and viral capsid protein fusions, preferably papillomavirus L1 proteins, and uses thereof  
Novel acetone- or alcohol-fixed viral capsid proteins, bacteria-containing, and papillomavirus L1-GST fusion proteins are described. These proteins are useful in vaccine preparation and as...
US20070231378 Preparation of antibody or an antibody fragment-targeted immunoliposomes for systemic administration of therapeutic or diagnostic agents and uses thereof  
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...
US20070219194 PHENYLALANINE 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...
7267977 Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor: a tool for detection, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancer  
The expression and subcellular localization of peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors (PBR) is shown in this application to correlate with the metastatic potential of cells, and increased cell...
7262173 Chemosensitizing with liposomes containing oligonucleotides  
The invention relates to the use of oligonucleotide containing cationic liposomal formulations to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, particularly as a means to sensitize...
7253272 Gene BRCC-2 and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof  
A gene that is a modulator of tumor growth and metastasis in certain cancer types is provided. This gene and corresponding polypeptide have diagnostic and therapeutic application for detecting and...
7244565 Gene shinc-3 and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof  
The invention provides a SHINC-3 polynucleotide, which can be a nucleic acid encoding all or a portion of a SHINC-3 protein, or a complementary polynucleotide or antisense polynucleotide. In...
7226991 Phenylalanine derivatives  
Disclosed herein are phenylalanine derivative compounds of the following formula W—Y—(AA) n —Z
US20070087992 Anti-apoptopic 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...
7202279 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...
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