Patents and Patent Applications from Harvard University


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US20120035531 ON-DEMAND AND REVERSIBLE DRUG RELEASE BY EXTERNAL CUE  
The invention provides a method to release drugs from a polymer matrix upon demand without degrading the matrix. By applying ultrasound to a self-healable polymer matrix in physiological...
US20120033823 NANO-OTOLOGIC PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR IMPACT NOISE TOXICITY AND/OR BLAST OVERPRESSURE EXPOSURE  
An apparatus for preventing hearing loss having a body made of a soft compliant material having first and second ends and a channel extending therethrough, an acoustically limp material adjacent...
US20120033697 WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING OF QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ARRAYS  
A laser source based on a quantum cascade laser array (QCL), wherein the outputs of at least two elements in the array are collimated and overlapped in the far field using an external diffraction...
US20120031830 Transporting and Treating Water  
Water can be transported and/or treated using a system or container in which a collapsible framework is attached to a membrane. A collapsible water container defining a volume for receiving,...
US20120029416 POROUS ELECTROACTIVE HYDROGELS AND USES THEREOF  
The present invention provides porous electroactive hydrogels, the deformation angle of which is controlled by electroactuation, and methods for preparing and using such hydrogels.
US20120029199 SYNTHESIS OF ENONE INTERMEDIATE  
The tetracycline class of antibiotics has played a major role in the treatment of infectious diseases for the past 50 years. However, the increased use of the tetracyclines in human and veterinary...
US20120029065 COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING OBESITY AND INSULIN RESISTANCE DISORDERS  
Provided herein are methods and compositions for modulating the activity or level of a sirtuin, thereby treating or preventing obesity or an insulin resistance disorder, such as diabetes in a...
US20120028837 RAPID SCREEN FOR REPRODUCTIVE TOXICANTS  
Disclosed herein are methods to assess the biological safety of an agent. The method involves contacting one or more test agents to a culture of C. elegans and analyzing the culture for meiotic...
US20120028478 VAPOR DEPOSITION OF METAL OXIDES, SILICATES AND PHOSPHATES, AND SILICON DIOXIDE  
Metal silicates or phosphates are deposited on a heated substrate by the reaction of vapors of alkoxysilanols or alkylphosphates along with reactive metal amides, alkyls or alkoxides. For example,...
US20120028290 Compositions and Methods for Labeling and Imaging Phospholipids  
The present invention provides a method to label phospholipids in vivo based on the metabolic incorporation of an alkynyl- or azido-labeled metabolic precursor into phospholipids. The resulting...
US20120027808 NICOTINE IMMUNONANOTHERAPEUTICS  
The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides nanocarriers capable of stimulating an immune response in...
US20120024364 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...
US20120022013 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR EXTENDING THE LIFE SPAN AND INCREASING THE STRESS RESISTANCE OF CELLS AND ORGANISMS  
The invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the life span of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and for protecting cells against certain stresses, e.g., heatshock. One method...
US20120021983 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF CANCER AND PROGRESSION, AND FOR SCREENING ANTI-CANCER AGENTS  
MicroRNA (miRNA) profiling of cells showed unique miRNA signatures for each of three Akt isoforms. Among differentially regulated miRNA species, the miR-200 family was downregulated in...
US20120021924 DETECTION AND MODULATION OF CYTOCHROME C ACETYLATION  
The invention relates to detection and modulation of cytochrome c acetylation. The invention has diagnostic and therapeutic applications for neurodegenerative disorders and cancer.
US20120021519 EFFICIENT INDUCTION OF PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS USING SMALL MOLECULE COMPOUNDS  
The disclosure features a method of producing a reprogrammed cell (e.g. an induced pluripotent stem cell or an undifferentiated cell) from a differentiated (e.g. somatic) cell. In some embodiments,...
US20120021479 Systems of Hydrogen Production in Bacteria  
This invention relates to engineered bacterial systems such as engineered cyanobacterial systems and to methods of using these bacterial systems to generate hydrogen.
US20120015822 PARTICLE-ASSISTED NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING  
This invention generally relates to particle-assisted nucleic acid sequencing. In some embodiments, sequencing may be performed in a microfluidic device, which can offer desirable properties, for...
US20120015382 DROPLET-BASED SELECTION  
The present invention generally relates to fluidic droplets, and techniques for screening or sorting such fluidic droplets. In some embodiments, the fluidic droplets may contain cells (e.g.,...
US20120010178 METHODS AND COMPOUNDS FOR TREATMENT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS  
Methods, compounds and compositions for promoting motor neuron survival and the treatment of a neurodegenerative disorders such as Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) are described herein.
US20120009589 SUB-DIFFRACTION IMAGE RESOLUTION AND OTHER IMAGING TECHNIQUES  
The present invention generally relates to sub-diffraction limit image resolution and other imaging techniques. In one aspect, the invention is directed to determining and/or imaging light from two...
US20120009504 ELECTRODES FOR FUEL CELLS  
A method comprises creating an electrode by depositing alternating first and second layers on a substrate, and using the electrode to make a solid oxide fuel cell. The first layer comprises a...
8093262 Use of huperzine for disorders  
Methods and compositions containing huperzine are used to prevent and alleviate neuropathic pain. The invention is also directed to methods and compositions for using huperzine for the prevention...
8093009 Mass spectrometric methods and products  
The invention involves assays, diagnostics, kits, and assay components for mass spectrometry and other methods to determine levels of glycated CD59 in subjects.
8092697 Molecular characterization with carbon nanotube control  
In a method for fabricating a molecule characterization device, there is formed an aperture in a support structure, and electrical contact pads are formed on a selected surface of the support...
US20120003754 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...
US20120001284 SILICON NITRIDE LIGHT PIPES FOR IMAGE SENSORS  
Various embodiments for etching of silicon nitride (SixNy) lightpipes, waveguides and pillars, fabricating photodiode elements, and integration of the silicon nitride elements with photodiode...
8088951 Epigenetic mechanisms re-establish access to long-term memory after neuronal loss  
The invention relates to methods and products for enhancing and improving recovery of lost memories. In particular the methods are accomplished through the increase of histone acetylation.
8088816 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...
US20110319493 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...
US20110319352 Compounds That Bind Oxysterol Binding Proteins, and Methods of Use Thereof  
The invention relates in part to the discovery that certain CRAMs, such as schweinfurthin A, target OSBPs (a family of oxysterol binding proteins). Because OSBPs have been shown to be integral to...
US20110319286 SYSTEM FOR SCREENING AGONISTS/ANTAGONISTS OF CELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS  
The present invention identifies a method for investigating the response of a cell membrane-associated protein in a living cell to a drug by labeling the protein with a visual marker, and also...
US20110318424 METHODS FOR PROLONGING VIABILITY OF CONE CELLS USING MODULATORS OF THE MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCINE (mTOR)  
The present invention is directed to the use of modulators of the mammalian target of rapamycine (mTOR) pathway, glucose and/or glucose enhancers for treating retinal disorders and, in particular,...
US20110318267 PH-RESPONSIVE NANOSTRUCTURES  
The present invention relates to compositions comprising stimuli-responsive materials which can be used for delivery of agents. Materials are provided that can respond to changes in a surrounding...
US20110315962 NANOSENSORS  
Electrical devices comprised of nanowires are described, along with methods of their manufacture and use. The nanowires can be nanotubes and nanowires. The surface of the nanowires may be...
US20110315898 Plasmonic Polarizer  
A radiation-emitting device (e.g., a laser) includes an active region configured to generate a radiation emission linearly polarized along a first polarization direction and a device facet covered...
8084596 Regulated apoptosis  
We have developed a general procedure for the regulated (inducible) dimerization or oligomerization of intracellular proteins and disclose methods and materials for using that procedure to...
8084205 Genetic risk assessment technology for epithelial cancer involving gene-environment interaction between ERCC5 and tobacco use  
Methods and compositions for assessing ERCC5 gene expression in view of certain environmental exposures and determining the risk of an individual for developing one or more epithelial cancers are...
US20110313045 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...
US20110312507 REACTION DISCOVERY SYSTEM  
A novel reaction discovery system that does not depend on DNA duplex formation is provided. The advantages of this system include exploring reactions conditions not possible where DNA hybridization...
US20110312080 POROUS FILMS BY A TEMPLATING CO-ASSEMBLY PROCESS  
A method of making a composite includes providing a particle suspension comprising colloidal particles (430) and a soluble matrix precursor (440); and co-depositing the particles and the matrix...
US20110310915 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SINGLE-MODE SELECTION IN QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS  
Methods and apparatus for improved single-mode selection in a quantum cascade laser. In one example, a distributed feedback grating incorporates both index-coupling and loss-coupling components....
US20110309265 DIAMOND NANOWIRES  
In a general aspect, a system includes a plurality of diamond nanowires disposed on the surface of a diamond substrate, at least some of the nanowires including a color center. The system also...
US20110309237 LIGHT ABSORPTION AND FILTERING PROPERTIES OF VERTICALLY ORIENTED SEMICONDUCTOR NANO WIRES  
A nanowire array is described herein. The nanowire array comprises a substrate and a plurality of nanowires extending essentially vertically from the substrate; wherein: each of the nanowires has...
US20110309233 SELECTED SPECTRAL ABSORPTION OF NANOWIRES  
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and devices relating to fabricating one or more nanowires are disclosed. One method for fabricating a nanowire includes: selecting a particular wavelength of...
8080467 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...
8080394 Method for determining predisposition to pulmonary infection  
Provided herein are methods and materials for diagnosing a subject's predisposition for pulmonary infection in a CF subject by detecting a pulmonary infection genetic marker. Pulmonary infection...
8080203 Air sterilization apparatus  
An air sterilization apparatus for sterilizing air that can include a fan assembly, which may be mounted in an upper-part of a room, and a UVC lamp to emit a UVGI field. The air sterilization...
US20110305761 POLYMERSOMES, COLLOIDOSOMES, LIPOSOMES, AND OTHER SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH FLUIDIC DROPLETS  
The present invention relates generally to vesicles such as liposomes, colloidosomes, and polymersomes, as well as techniques for making and using such vesicles. In some cases, the vesicles may be...
US20110305670 NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING FUSION POLYPEPTIDES THAT PREVENT OR INHIBIT HIV INFECTION  
The present invention is directed to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a fusion polypeptide the expression of which in cells is capable of blocking the entry of HIV-1 into host cells and...