Patents and Patent Applications from Harvard University


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US20070102111 Controlled nanotube fabrication and uses  
A method and apparatus are provided for the formation of nanotubes and nanotube related structures. Nanotubes, such as carbon nanotubes, can be prepared to exhibit various physical, chemical and...
US20070099976 3-3-DI-SUBSTITUTED-OXINDOLES AS INHIBITORS OF TRANSLATION INITIATION  
Compositions and methods for inhibiting translation using 3-(5-tert-Butyl-2-Hydroxy-phenyl)-3-phenyl-1,3-dihydro-indol -2-one and/or its derivatives are provided. Compositions, methods and kits for...
US20070098696 Immortalized fibroblasts  
Aspects of the invention provide an immortalized fibroblast cell line capable of the growth and maintenance of human embryonic stem cells. An immortalized fibroblast cell line derived from an early...
7211464 Doped elongated semiconductors, growing such semiconductors, devices including such semiconductors and fabricating such devices  
A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest...
US20070093413 Histone deacetylases, and uses related thereto  
The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of genes, termed here HDx-related genes, which are involved in the control of chromatin structure and, thus in...
US20070093410 Selective inhibition of proteasomes of tuberculosis and other bacteria  
Compositions and methods for inhibiting bacterial proteasomes are provided. Methods of screening antibacterial compounds, methods of treating bacterial infections and disorders associated with...
US20070092914 Compartmentalised screening by microfluidic control  
The invention describes a method for the identification of compounds which bind to a target component of a biochemical system or modulate the activity of the target, comprising the steps of: a)...
US20070087362 Polony fluorescent in situ sequencing beads  
Miniaturized, high-density, bead-based arrays are provided. Methods of producing and using clonal beads and producing and using miniaturized, high density, bead-based arrays are also provided.
7202333 DNA encoding IgE Receptor α-subunit or fragment thereof  
A cDNA sequence encoding the α-subunit of human mast cell IgE surface receptor or an IgE binding fragment thereof.
7199132 Tropane analogs and methods for inhibition of monoamine transport  
New tropane analogs that bind to monoamine transporters are described, particularly, 8-aza, 8carbo and 8-oxo tropanes having 6- or 7-hydroxyl or ketone substituents. The compounds of the present...
7198747 Fabrication of ceramic microstructures  
The invention provides ceramic molded solid articles and methods for making these articles on the micron scale. Articles are molded from ceramic precursors, optionally using molds including at...
US20070065829 In vitro differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells, methods and reagents related thereto  
This invention is directed to an in vitro system for rapidly and uniformly inducing immortalized neural crest cells to differentiate to vascular smooth muscle cells. As excessive proliferation of...
7192739 Ligand-dependent protein splicing  
Ligand-dependent inteins allow for modulation of a protein's activity in vivo. Upon binding of the ligand to the ligand-dependent intein inserted into the protein of interest, the hybrid protein...
7192735 Phosphopantetheinyl transferases and uses thereof  
The invention pertains to isolated phosphopantetheinyl transferases, such as the E. coli acyl carrier protein synthase, which transfer a phosphopantetheinyl group onto a substrate. The enzyme can...
7192713 Stabilized compounds having secondary structure motifs  
The present invention provides novel stabilized crosslinked compounds having secondary structure motifs, libraries of these novel compounds, and methods for the synthesis of these compounds...
7189503 Characterization of individual polymer molecules based on monomer-interface interactions  
The invention relates to a method for detecting a double-stranded region in a nucleic acid by (1) providing two separate, adjacent pools of a medium and a interface between the two pools, the...
US20070055459 Structure-based approach to design of protein-processivity factor interactions  
A method for the structure-based identification and selection of inhibitors of processivity factor binding to protein is disclosed herein. Characterization of the protein/processivity factor...
US20070052781 Microfluidic manipulation of fluids and reactions  
The present invention relates generally to microfluidic structures, and more specifically, to microfluidic structures and methods including microreactors for manipulating fluids and reactions. In...
7186709 Dihydropyrancarboxamides and uses thereof  
The present invention provides novel dihydropyrancarboxamide compounds of formula (I): and collections of these compounds, and provides methods for the synthesis of these compounds; wherein R1–R6 a...
US20070048492 Doped elongated semiconductors, growing such semiconductors, devices including such semiconductors, and fabricating such devices  
A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest...
US20070045667 Nanoscopic wired-based devices and arrays  
Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes....
7183417 Simple stereocontrolled synthesis of salinosporamide A  
A simple and effective stereocontrolled synthesis of salinosporamide A(1) has been developed which follows the pathway outlined in the FIGURE. The process, the first total synthesis of...
7183059 Synthesis of compounds and libraries of compounds  
A method of generating a compound having at least one biological activity of a peptide. The method includes identifying a biologically active peptide, providing a first monomer which contains...
7183054 Assay for identifying biological targets of polynucleotide-binding compounds  
The present invention provides methods and systems for the identification of a biological target of a chemical compound, such as saframycin A, known to bind a polynucleotide. The invention also...
7183049 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Cell regulatory genes, encoded products, and uses related thereto
 
This application describes the cloning of p63, a gene at chromosome 3q27-29, that bears homology to the tumor suppressor p53. The p63 gene encodes at least six different isotypes. p63 was detected...
US20070032052 Doped elongated semiconductors, growing such semiconductors, devices including such semiconductors, and fabricating such devices  
A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest...
US20070032051 Doped elongated semiconductors, growing such semiconductors, devices including such semiconductors, and fabricating such devices  
A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest...
US20070032023 Doped elongated semiconductors, growing such semiconductors, devices including such semiconductors, and fabricating such devices  
A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest...
7172953 Methods of forming nanoscopic wire-based devices and arrays  
Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes....
US20070026645 Doped elongated semiconductors, growing such semiconductors, devices including such semiconductors, and fabricating such devices  
A bulk-doped semiconductor that is at least one of the following: a single crystal, an elongated and bulk-doped semiconductor that, at any point along its longitudinal axis, has a largest...
US20070021341 Treatment of autoimmune conditions with Copolymer 1 and related Copolymers  
The present invention is directed to polypeptides containing at least three amino acids randomly joined in a linear array; wherein at least one of the three amino acids is an aromatic amino acid,...
US20070019306 Microlens for projection lithography and method of preparation thereof  
Methods and systems for effecting responses on surfaces utilizing microlens arrays including microoptical components embedded or supported by a support element and positioned from the surface at a...
US20070009918 Methods and compositions for regulating T cell subsets by modulating transcription factor activity  
Methods for modulating production of a T helper type 2 (Th2)-associated cytokine, in particular interleukin-4, by modulating the activity of a transcription factor, in particular the...
US20070009432 Boat tropanes  
Radiopharmaceutical compounds are disclosed. A tropane compound is linked through the N atom at the 8-position to a chelating ligand capable of complexing technetium or rhenium to produce a neutral...
US20070004005 Tendon-inducing compositions  
Compositions of proteins with tendon/ligament-like tissue inducing activity are disclosed. The compositions are useful in the treatment of tendinitis and tendon or ligament defects and in related...
US20070003442 Electronic control of fluidic species  
Various aspects of the present invention relate to the control and manipulation of fluidic species, for example, in microfluidic systems. In one aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods...
US20070001125 SURFACE PLASMON ENHANCED ILLUMINATION APPARATUS HAVING NON-PERIODIC RESONANCE CONFIGURATIONS  
An apparatus configured to generate surface plasmon enhanced radiation comprises a metal film having first and second surfaces, and one or more resonance configurations formed in the metal film. An...
7154965 Soft detection of data symbols in the presence of intersymbol interference and timing error  
A method for detecting data symbols corrupted by intersymbol interference and timing error, comprises calculating a first plurality of state probabilities for received symbols using a forward...
US20060280029 Microfluidic mixer  
The present invention relates generally to microfluidic systems and, more specifically, to apparatuses and methods associated with mixing in microfluidic systems. In some embodiments, a mixer is...
7144905 Small molecules used to increase cell death  
The invention features methods for increasing cell death. The invention also features compounds used to increase cell death. The invention further features methods for identifying compounds that...
7144732 Vertebrate embryonic pattern-inducing proteins and uses related thereto  
The present invention concerns the discovery that proteins encoded by a family of vertebrate genes, termed here hedgehog-related genes, comprise morphogenic signals produced by embryonic patterning...
US20060261905 METHODS AND APPARATUS BASED ON COPLANAR STRIPLINES  
A standing wave oscillator to generate at least one voltage standing wave, comprising a closed-loop coplanar stripline including two conductors, and at least one amplifier disposed between the two...
US20060257936 Methods, products and treatments for diabetes  
The invention involves assays, diagnostics, kits, and assay components for determining levels of K41-glycated CD59 in subjects. Treatments for subjects based upon levels of K41-glycated CD59 also...
US20060257316 Methods for diagnosing and monitoring treatment ADHD by assessing the dopamine transporter level  
A method of diagnosing attention deficient-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a human patient by assessing the level of dopamine transporter in at least one region of the patient's central nervous...
7132231 Fluorescence polarization method for determining viral inhibitors  
Methods for determining inhibitors of protein interactions are provided. The method involves evaluation of potential inhibitors that can inhibit or prevent protein interactions. The method provides...
US20060246543 Slim compositions and methods of use thereof  
This invention is based, at least in part, on the discovery of a novel nuclear protein which contains both PDZ and LIM domains, SLIM (STAT-interacting LIM). SLIM interacts with activated STAT...
7129554 Nanosensors  
Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes....
US20060239909 Treatment of protein degradation disorders  
The invention relates to methods of treating protein degradation disorders, such cellular proliferative disorders (e.g., cancer) and protein deposition disorders (e.g., neurodegenerative...
US20060237749 Nanoscopic wire-based devices and arrays  
Electrical devices comprised of nanoscopic wires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanoscopic wires can be nanotubes, preferably single-walled carbon nanotubes....
US20060231914 Silicon-based visible and near-infrared optoelectric devices  
In one aspect, the present invention provides a silicon photodetector having a surface layer that is doped with sulfur inclusions with an average concentration in a range of about 0.5 atom percent...