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US20120029071 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING RADIATION INJURY  
The invention provides compositions and methods featuring Nrf2 activators for treating or preventing radiation-associated tissue damage.
US20120029005 SPIPERONE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF TREATING DISORDERS  
Described herein are spiperone derivative compounds which have been found to be useful in methods of stimulating CaCC and treating disorders (or symptoms thereof) associated with CaCC including...
US20120028921 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS USING OXIDIZED PHOSPHOLIPIDS  
The instant invention provides compositions, e.g., compositions comprising oxidized phospholipids, for the treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions, e.g., cute lung injury syndromes, sepsis,...
US20120027799 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE AND COLON CANCER  
The invention provides compositions and methods for useful for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, ETBF-induced colitis, colonic hyperplasia and/or colon carcinogenesis in a subject in...
RE43152 Method and apparatus for segmenting small structures in images  
A method for segmenting a small feature in a multidimensional digital array of intensity values in a data processor computes an edge metric along each ray of a plurality of multidimensional rays...
US20120022232 CELLS FOR INCREASED PROTEIN EXPRESSION COMPRISING ONE OR MORE RELEASE FACTORS AND METHODS OF USE  
The invention provides recombinant cells or recombinant restrictive cells for overexpressing one or more proteins comprising one or more release factors. The invention also provides methods for...
US20120012530 MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMER ION EXCHANGE RESINS  
A molecularly imprinted polymer ion exchange resin for selectively removing one or more inorganic ions in a liquid medium is disclosed and described. The exchange resin can include a bead having a...
8099151 System and method for magnetic-resonance-guided electrophysiologic and ablation procedures  
A system and method for using magnetic resonance imaging to increase the accuracy of electrophysiologic procedures includes an invasive combined electrophysiology and imaging antenna catheter which...
8097632 Inhibitors of hedgehog signaling pathways, compositions and uses related thereto  
The present invention makes available assays and reagents inhibiting paracrine and/or autocrine signals produced by a hedgehog protein or aberrant activation of a hedgehog signal transduction...
8096972 Devices for intraocular drug delivery  
A therapeutic agent delivery device that is particularly suitable for delivery of a therapeutic agent to limited access regions, such as the posterior chamber of the eye and inner ear. Preferred...
US20120010102 MODULATION OF ABCG2-MEDIATED URATE TRANSPORT TO TREAT HYPERURICEMIA AND GOUT  
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) was recently used to identify SNPs in a genomic region on chromosome 4 that associate with serum urate levels and gout. The present disclosure shows that...
US20120009573 Antisense Transcriptomes of Cells  
Transcription in mammalian cells can be assessed at a genome-wide level, but it has been difficult to reliably determine whether individual transcripts are derived from the Plus- or Minus-strands...
US20120009174 BIOMARKERS FOR MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA  
This invention relates, e.g., to a method for determining if a subject has myocardial ischemia, comprising (a) providing a blood sample obtained from a subject suspected of having myocardial...
US20120009121 PSMA-TARGETING COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF  
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeting compounds are described. Uses of the compounds for imaging, therapy, cell sorting, and tumor mapping are also described.
8094810 Unidirectional proxy re-encryption  
A method for performing unidirectional proxy re-encryption includes generating a first key pair comprising a public key (pk) and a secret key (sk) and generating a re-encryption key that changes...
8094081 Dual band radio frequency (RF) and optical communications antenna and terminal design methodology and implementation  
A dual-band antenna is provided that combines two normally disparate communications modes into a single compact aperture minimizing overall mass and volume, while maintaining high performance...
8093261 Rapid release mini-tablets provide analgesia in laboratory animals  
Pellets containing an analgesic uniformly dispersed in a lipid carrier such as cholesterol mixed with fatty acid esters, can be used to provide long term pain relief. 5 mg...
8093013 Claudins as markers for early detection, diagnosis, prognosis and as targets of therapy for breast and metastatic brain or bone cancer  
Methods of diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of breast cancer, and of metastatic brain cancer, are provided The diagnostic and prognostic methods involve the immunohistochemical detection of the...
8091429 Apparatus and method for high frequency low pressure arc flash sensor  
A pressure sensor for detecting an electric arc in an electrical switchboard, the sensor being in an enclosed case containing a conical opening, the case being placed in the switchboard. A pressure...
US20120004289 ANNEXIN A11 AND ASSOCIATED GENES AS BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER  
The instant invention provides methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The invention also provides method and compositions for determining if a subject is, or is at risk...
US20120003156 METHODS FOR TREATING NEOPLASIA BY INHIBITING LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE AND/OR NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE  
The invention provides compositions for the diagnosis or treatment of neoplasias, including lymphomas, leukemias, brain cancers (e. glioblastomas, medulloblastomas), breast cancer, colon cancer,...
8088621 Adenoviral fiber exchange shuttle system  
The instant invention provides methods and compositions for generating recombinant adenoviral vectors. The invention also provides kits comprising for the generation of recombinant adenoviral vectors.
8088074 Cerebral vascular reactivity monitoring  
A monitoring device may include logic to receive arterial blood pressure data associated with a patient and receive tissue hemoglobin data associated with the patient. The logic may also calculate...
US20110319939 COMPRESSION-DISTRACTION SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM AND KIT  
Compression-distraction spinal fixation systems, and methods of performing compression-distraction spinal fixation, are provided that include screw-rod constructs having a ratcheting mechanism....
US20110319499 Methods for the Detection of Advanced Glycation Endproducts and Markers for Disease  
The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting carboxymethyl-lysine (CML) and circulating receptor for advanced glycation end (RAGE) products, and methods for correlating CML...
US20110319477 MUTATIONS OF THE PIK3CA GENE IN HUMAN CANCERS  
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3Ks) are known to be important regulators of signaling pathways. To determine whether PI3Ks are genetically altered in cancers, we analyzed the sequences of the...
US20110317810 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING OBJECTS EMBEDDED IN A BODY  
A method of processing image data from an imaging system for locating a plurality N of objects embedded in a body includes receiving data for a first two-dimensional image of a region of interest...
US20110315656 FERROMAGNETIC NANORINGS, MEDIUMS EMBODYING SAME INCLUDING DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED THERETO  
Featured is a magnetic ring structure including at least a vortex magnetic state such as symmetrically and asymmetrically shaped nanorings, having small diameters (e.g., on the order of 100 nm). In...
US20110313233 DOWN-REGULATION OF COLD SHOCK PROTEINS FOR CANCER TREATMENT  
The present invention is in the field of treatment of diseased tissues, including cancerous tissues. In one embodiment, the present invention provides methods of identifying tissues that...
US20110311791 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRECISION TRANSPORT, POSITIONING, AND ASSEMBLING OF LONGITUDINAL NANO-STRUCTURES  
A method for assembling multi-component nano-structures that includes dispersing a plurality of nano-structures in a fluid medium, and applying an electric field having an alternating current (AC)...
US20110311506 PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSON VARIANTS AND METHODS OF USE  
The present invention provides hyperactive piggyBac transposons, in particular hyperactive piggyBac transposons from Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper moth) that transpose at a higher frequency than...
US20110311500 COMBINATION BACTERIOLYTIC THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS  
Current approaches for treating cancer are limited, in part, by the inability of drugs to affect the poorly vascularized regions of tumors. We have found that spores of anaerobic bacteria in...
8081991 Wireless based positioning method and apparatus  
A system and method is described herein to determine the physical location of a user within an edifice. At least three wireless access points, for example, 802.11 nodes, receives and transmits...
8080533 Hypoxia induced mitogenic factor  
We found that FIZZ1/RELMα is inducible by hypoxia in lung. The hypoxia-upregulated expression of FIZZ1/RELMα was located in the pulmonary vasculature, bronchial epithelial cells, and type II...
8080367 Regulation of cell survival by HSP90 and IP6K2  
Anti-cancer drugs are identified by screening for agents and compounds which inhibit the binding of HSP90 and IP6K2. In vitro and in vivo assays can be used. Any phenomenon associated with the...
8080235 Protein kinase A reporters useful in high throughput assays  
Protein kinase A reporters useful for obtaining measurements of protein kinase A activity with high spatial and temporal resolution can be used in high throughput assays to identify potentially...
US20110306614 N-Hydroxylsulfonamide Derivatives as New Physiologically Useful Nitroxyl Donors  
The invention relates to N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives that donate nitroxyl (HNO) under physiological conditions and are useful in treating and/or preventing the onset and/or development of...
US20110305772 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EX VIVO HEPATIC NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY  
The invention provides compositions and methods for delivery of nucleic acids to the liver ex vivo. The method includes slow, low pressure infusion of the nucleic acid into the liver to efficiently...
US20110305768 QUICK-DISSOLVING ORAL THIN FILM FOR TARGETED DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS  
This invention describes a quick-dissolving thin film strips comprising bioactive components encapsulated within pH-sensitive polymeric microparticles. The microparticles are embedded within the...
US20110305689 TREATMENT OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY RESPIRATORY DISORDERS  
This invention relates, e.g., to a method for treating a subject having a chronic inflammatory respiratory disorder, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of...
8078262 Method for imaging and spectroscopy of tumors and determination of the efficacy of anti-tumor drug therapies  
The present invention relates to methods of passive infrared imaging and dynamic infrared imaging of a tumor or lesion (“DIR”) where multiple images are taken before, during and after heating...
8076073 Cholesterol and hedgehog signaling  
The present invention sterol-modified hedgehog polypeptides and functional fragments thereof. Methods of identifying compositions which affect hedgehog activity based on inhibition of cholesterol...
US20110301646 COMPRESSION-DISTRACTION SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM  
Compression-distraction spinal fixation systems, and methods of performing compression-distraction spinal fixation, are provided that include screw-rod constructs having a ratcheting mechanism....
US20110301226 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEPATIC NEOPLASIA  
The present invention provides compositions and methods featuring miR-26 microRNA polynucleotides for the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of hepatic neoplasia.
US20110301163 QUINOLINE COMPOUNDS AS INHIBITORS OF ANGIOGENESIS, HUMAN METHIONINE AMINOPEPTIDASE, AND SIRT1, AND METHODS OF TREATING DISORDERS  
Described herein are methods of inhibiting methionine aminopeptidase or SirT1, inhibiting angiogenesis, and treating disorders (or symptoms thereof) associated with methionine aminopeptidase, SirT1...
US20110300168 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST INFLUENZA ANTIGENS  
This disclosure provides compositions and methods for inducing an immune response against influenza antigens, for example in elderly populations, as well as a sensitive artificial antigen...
8071733 Antibodies that specifically bind hedgehog-derived polypeptides  
The present invention provides two novel polypeptides, referred to as the “N” and “C” fragments of hedgehog, or N-terminal and C-terminal fragments, respectively, which are derived after...
8071304 Methods for detecting a polymorphism in the NFKB1 gene promoter  
The present invention discloses a functional relationship between a recognized disease condition and a polymorphism in the nucleotide factor kappa B promoter (NFKB1). This relationship provides a...
8071290 Hypermethylation of GATA-4 and GATA-5 transcription factor genes in cancer  
Methods are provided for identifying the presence of cancer cells in a sample by detecting hypermethylation of the promoter region of a GATA-4 transcription factor gene, a GATA-5 transcription...
US20110293608 ANNEXIN A2 AS IMMUNOLOGICAL TARGET  
AnnexinA2 (ANXA2), a member of the Annexin family of calcium-dependent, phospholipid binding proteins, is one of a panel of identified antigens recognized by the post-vaccination sera of patients...