Patents and Patent Applications from Johns Hopkins University


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7468425 p40 protein acts as an oncogene  
We have discovered p40, the shortest variant of a new human p53 homologue (p40/p51/p63/p73H). We have also found that it plays a role in cancer. Low level amplification of the p40 locus accompanied...
7468274 Single cell analysis of HIV replication capacity and drug resistance  
A novel single-cell-level phenotypic assay is described, which can simultaneously analyze HIV-1 drug susceptibility and intrinsic replication capacity. This allows quantitative dissection of the...
US20080313754 Method for generating hypermutable organisms  
Dominant negative alleles of human mismatch repair genes can be used to generate hypermutable cells and organisms. By introducing these genes into cells and transgenic animals, new cell lines and...
US20080312326 Method for the Prevention and/or Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases Characterized by Administering and Ep1 Receptor Antagonist  
The present invention relates to the use of EP1 receptor antagonists for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, for example, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson syndrome,...
US20080311673 Biomarkers for Breast Cancer  
The present invention provides protein-based biomarkers and biomarker combinations that are useful in qualifying breast cancer status in a patient. In particular, the biomarkers of this invention...
7465050 Method and apparatus for three-dimensional video-oculography  
A device for measuring the three-dimensional movements of an eye includes: (a) a mark array that identifies prescribed positions on the eye whose movements are to be measured, (b) a digital camera...
US20080306384 Apparatus and method for computing 3D ultrasound elasticity images  
Disclosed is a system and method for computing ultrasound 3D elasticity images. The method includes acquiring ultrasound RF data in a rest state, in which substantially no pressure is applied to a...
US20080305490 AMPLIFICATION OF HUMAN MDM2 GENE IN HUMAN TUMORS  
A human gene has been discovered which is genetically altered in human tumor cells. The genetic alteration is gene amplification and leads to a corresponding increase in gene products. Detecting...
7462457 Identification of activated receptors and ion channels  
The present invention related to methods and reagents for generating and using activating mutations of receptors and ion channels.
7459481 Stimulation of CPT-1 as a means to reduce weight  
This invention provides methods and compositions for inducing weight loss and maintaining optimum weight comprising administering an agent that stimulates carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1 (CPT-1)...
7458248 Method and apparatus to detect genuine or hoax contaminants  
A system (100) and method for detecting contaminants in parcels or other mailings (110). The contaminants, either genuine or hoax, are detected using the system (100) that includes a jogger (140)...
US20080293626 Pigment epithelium-derived factor as a therapeutic agent for vascular leakage  
The present invention relates to method of treating a patient with a condition involving increased vascular permeability or increased angiogenesis comprising administering to the patient a...
7455408 Method and apparatus for reducing visual aberrations  
A light source is situated on a headgear device and placed to direct light toward the pupil of the eye at an intensity that causes the iris to constrict, resulting in a smaller pupil. This prevents...
US20080287342 Compositions Comprising Modified Collagen and Uses Therefor  
The invention provides modified collagen and related therapeutic and diagnostic methods.
US20080284427 Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer Based Mri Using Reporter Genes and Mri Methods Related Thereto  
Featured are a new class of reporter genes including reporter compositions as well as methods, MRI systems and MRI imaging kits related thereto. The genes according to the present invention provide...
US20080283405 Method for Producing Patterned Structures by Printing a Surfactant Resist on a Substrate for Electrodeposition  
Methods for electrodeposition of conductive material on a conductive substrate that contains a pattern of a chemisorbed surfactant formed by a stamp having a patterned surface which is pressed onto...
US20080279864 High Throughput Screen Utilizing Newly Discovered Intramolecular Neuronal Calcium Channel Interactions To Discover New Analgesics  
The present invention relates to compositions to treat CaV2 disorders. The invention also relates to methods treating CaV2 disorders. The invention further relates to kits for treating CaV2...
US20080275219 In Vitro Reconstitution of Ribonucleoprotein Complexes, and Methods of Use Therefor  
In general, the invention provides methods and compositions for the in vitro production of ribonucleoprotein complexes and related multimolecular complexes useful for cell-free methods of protein...
US20080269604 Ultrasound Calibration and Real-Time Quality Assurance Based on Closed Form Formulation  
Disclosed is a system and method for intra-operatively spatially calibrating an ultrasound probe. The method includes determining the relative changes in ultrasound images of a phantom, or...
US20080267921 Cardiac Stem Cells  
Human cardiac stem cells can be isolated from endomyocardial biopsies. Such cells mediate cardiac regeneration and improve heart function in a mouse infarct model. The cells can be used for...
7442513 Method of screening for agents that modulate a homer signaling pathway  
The invention features a method of identifying, evaluating and screening for compounds or agents for the treatment of disorders involving the Homer signaling pathway in the modulation of...
7441444 AFM cantilevers and methods for making and using same  
The invention provides high performance cantilevers with optimal combinations of high resonant frequency and low force constant. In one aspect, AFM cantilevers with spring constants in the range...
US20080262345 Image registration of multiple medical imaging modalities using a multiple degree-of-freedom-encoded fiducial device  
Disclosed is a system and method for registering images from two medical imaging modalities in a six-degree-of-freedom coordinate space, for the purpose of providing real time registered imagery...
US20080261909 Gene Delivery to Organs  
Application of a virus with poloxamer alone onto atria results in diffuse epicardial gene transfer with negligible penetration into the myocardium. Progressive increases in protease concentration,...
US20080260765 HPV DNA Vaccines and Methods of Use Thereof  
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the etiological factor for cervical cancer. Provided are HPV vaccines that generate a humoral immune response to prevent new infection, as well as...
US20080260758 UNIVERSAL GM-CSF EXPRESSING BYSTANDER HUMAN K562 CELL LINE  
The present invention provides a universal immunomodulatory cytokine-expressing bystander cell line, a composition comprising such a cell line and a cancer antigen, a method of making such a cell...
US20080260722 Method for High Efficiency Survival/Proliferation of Human Embyonic Stem Cells and Human Embryo Survival in Culture  
The present invention provides a role for neurotrophins in hES cell survival and important new insights into the molecular mechanisms controlling the growth of these cells. Although previous...
US20080260705 Preventing Arrhythmias Associated with Cell Transplantation  
Skeletal myoblasts are an attractive cell type for transplantation since they are autologous and resistant to ischemia. However, clinical trials of myoblasts transplantation in heart failure have...
US20080258054 Point-of-Care Mass Spectrometer System  
A point-of-care mass spectrometer system has a sampling system, an ionization component structured to receive a sample for analysis from the sampling system, a mass analyzer structured to receive a...
US20080255059 Regulators of the hedgehog pathway, compositions and uses related thereto  
The present invention makes available, inter alia, methods and reagents for modulating smoothened-dependent pathway activation. In certain embodiments, the subject methods can be used to counteract...
7435010 High temperature light guide  
Disclosed is a method of forming an optical monitoring or transmitting light guide and a resulting apparatus that begins by bonding a bundle of optical fibers together using an epoxy and polishing...
7432246 Sir2 products and activities  
A novel compound, 2′/3′-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose, is provided. The compound is a mixture of the 2′ and 3′ regioisomers of O-acetyl-ADP ribose, and is formed nonenzymatically from 2′-O-ac...
US20080244760 Transgenic Frog Lines and Assays Employing Them  
Rhodopsin transgenes driven by rhodopsin promoters were produced, some attached to GFP coding sequences as a fusion construct. When the resulting transgenes were introduced into Xenopus laevis, the...
US20080241830 Digital amplification  
The identification of pre-defined mutations expected to be present in a minor fraction of a cell population is important for a variety of basic research and clinical applications. The exponential,...
US20080241132 BRAF Mutation T1796A in Thyroid Cancers  
The BRAF gene has been found to be activated by mutation in human cancers, predominantly in malignant melanoma. We tested 476 primary tumors, including 214 lung, 126 head and neck, 54 thyroid, 27...
7429250 CPR chest compression monitor and method of use  
Chest compressions are measured and prompted to facilitate the effective administration of CPR. A displacement detector produces a displacement indicative signal indicative of the displacement of...
7427476 PITX2 polynucleotide, polypeptide and methods of use therefor  
A novel T-type calcium channel (CACNA1G) is provided, as are polynucleotides encoding the same. CACNA1G has been implicated in cellular proliferative disorders. More specifically, it has been...
US20080221056 Early Detection and Prognosis of Colon Cancers  
We have developed a transcriptome-wide approach to identify genes affected by promoter CpG island hypermethylation and transcriptional silencing in colorectal cancer (CRC). By screening cell lines...
7422568 Device, systems and methods for localized heating of a vessel and/or in combination with MR/NMR imaging of the vessel and surrounding tissue  
Featured are devices, systems and methods for localized heating of a vessel as well as devices, systems and methods for MR/NMR imaging of a vessel while locally heating a portion of the vessel....
US20080209388 Systems and Methods for Providing Higher Assurance Software Construction via Aspects  
There are provided systems and methods for integrating requirements driven security code into an application system. The security code is integrated into an application system in such a way as to...
US20080208266 System and Method for Treating Nausea and Vomiting by Vagus Nerve Stimulation  
A system and method for treating nausea and vomiting are provided, including one or more electrodes (10, 12) applied on or under the skin, the electrodes being connected to an external current...
US20080208034 Device, systems and methods for localized heating of a vessel and/or in combination with mr/nmr imaging of the vessel and surrounding tissue  
Featured are devices, systems and methods for localized heating of a vessel as well as devices, systems and methods for MR/NMR imaging of a vessel while locally heating a portion of the vessel....
US20080207532 Use of Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid Derivatives in the Treatment of Drug Resistant Cancer, Viral and Microbial Infection  
Compositions and methods for using nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) derivatives for preventing the expression of MDR-1 gene and the synthesis of PgP protein or reversing multiple drug resistance in...
US20080204966 Controlled Transport and Assembly of Nanostructures  
Systems and methods for manipulating nanostructures, such as nanospheres, nanodisks, nanowires, and nanotubes. The systems and methods permit the construction of nano-scale contacts, scaffolds, and...
7417156 Orally active, antimalarial, anticancer, artemisinin-derived trioxane dimers  
In only two steps and in 65% overall yield, natural trioxane artemisinin (I) was converted on gram scale into C-10-carba trioxane dimer (3). This new, very stable dimer was then transformed easily...
7416703 Polymer based lanthanide luminescent sensors for the detection of organophosphorus compounds  
A device for measuring and detecting the organophosphonis compounds, such as a pesticides or a nerve agents is provided. The devices function by selectively binding an organophosphorous compound to...
7416019 Thermal interface and switch using carbon nanotube arrays  
Thermal interfaces and methods include an array of carbon nanotubes aligned substantively perpendicularly from a substrate. One method includes arranging metal catalyst particles with a particular...
US20080199531 Methods And Products For Delivering Biological Molecules To Cells Using Multicomponent Nanostructures  
This invention is predicated on the present applicants' discovery that nanostructures comprising discrete regions of different composition can be used to deliver to a biological cell a desired...
US20080199442 Methods for delivering DNA to muscle cells using recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors  
The use of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions for delivery of DNA molecules to muscle cells and tissue is disclosed. The invention allows for the direct, in vivo injection of...
US20080199061 Quantitative Single Image-Based Magnetization Transfer Weighted Imaging Using an Inter-Subject Normalization Reference Within the Image  
Disclosed is a system and method for generating quantitative imagery of demyelination in the spinal cord. The method includes acquiring a magnetization transfer weighted (MTw) MR image of the...