Patents and Patent Applications from Johns Hopkins University


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US20090286687 Method and Compositions for Detection and Enumeration of Genetic Variations  
Many areas of biomedical research depend on the analysis of uncommon variations in individual genes or transcripts. Here we describe a method that can quantify such variation at a scale and ease...
US20090286236 Method for detecting cell proliferative disorders  
The present invention relates to the detection of a cell proliferative disorder associated with alterations of microsatellite DNA in a sample. The microsatellite DNA can be contained within any of...
US20090281553 Devices and Methods for Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disorders  
An implantation device for releasably holding implantable microstimulators can be used to guide one or more microstimulators to any site within the gastrointestinal tract for implantation. The...
US20090274625 Compositions and Methods for The Treatment of Cancer  
The instant invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer, e.g., cancers characterized by the expression of prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA).
7611870 Methods for identifying cancer risk  
The present invention provides methods and kits for identifying an increased risk of developing cancer in a subject. The methods include analyzing a first biological sample, such as a blood sample,...
US20090270265 Molecular Characteristics of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer  
We used hierarchical clustering to examine gene expression profiles generated by serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) in a total of nine normal lung epithelial cells and non-small cell lung...
RE40948 APC antibodies  
A human gene termed APC is disclosed. Methods and kits are provided for assessing mutations of the APC gene in human tissues and body samples. APC mutations are found in familial adenomatous...
7605003 Use of biomarkers for detecting ovarian cancer  
The present invention relates to a method of qualifying ovarian cancer status in a subject comprising: (a) measuring at least one biomarker in a sample from the subject and (b) correlating the...
7604989 Inhibition of apoptosis process and improvement of cell performance  
The present invention relates to preventing or delaying programmed cell death by expressing one or more anti-apoptotic polypeptides in a cell such that programmed cell death in the cell is...
US20090258848 BIOMARKERS FOR INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE  
The present invention relates to methods of determining inflammatory bowel disease status in a subject. The invention further relates to kits for determining inflammatory bowel disease status in a...
7601521 Detection of nucleic acid mutation associated with cancer by analysis of saliva  
Methods for detection of a cell proliferative disorder, such as cancer, are provided utilizing analysis of target mutant nucleic acids in saliva specimens. The presence of the target mutant nucleic...
7601489 Manganese ion regulation of reverse transcriptase activity and methods of modulating same  
Methods of identifying agents that modulate reverse transcriptase activity in a cell by affecting manganese ion transport across a membrane of the cell are provided, as are agents identified using...
7599729 Evaluating the urethra and the periurethral tissues  
Systems and methods for the evaluation of the urethra and periurethral tissues may involve an MRI coil adapted for insertion into the male, female or pediatric urethra. The MRI coil may be in...
7596409 Cardiac shock electrode system and corresponding implantable defibrillator system  
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system includes an internal electrode placed in the right ventricle of the heart, and a quasi-Faraday cage (which includes a single or multiple...
7593914 Method and system for the autonomous design of cybernetic systems  
A system and method is provided for constructing optimal cybernetic based systems. The method is based on a process of formalized rational inquiry, measurement and planned action. More...
7589080 β-cyclodextrin compositions, and use to prevent transmission of sexually transmitted diseases  
Methods of reducing the risk of transmission of a sexually transmitted pathogen by contacting the pathogen or cells susceptible to infection by the pathogen with a β-cyclodextrin are provided....
US20090227692 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...
US20090227489 STAT3 Agonists and Antagonists and Therapeutic Uses Thereof  
The present invention relates to methods for modulating, i.e., agonizing or antagonizing, Stat3 (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription3) signaling activity for use in gene therapy....
US20090221522 METHODS TO CORRECT GENE SET EXPRESSION PROFILES TO DRUG SENSITIVITY  
The present invention comprises a treatment approach based on gene set-expression signatures that systematically connects a sample to a profile from a reference database to extrapolate the most...
US20090220432 Imaging agents and methods of using same for detecting multidrug resistance in cancer  
Compounds and methods of using such compounds in the imaging and detection of multidrug resistance cancer in a subject are provided. In particular, novel imaging agents are provided which are...
7582290 Packaging cell line for diphtheria toxin expressing non-replicating adenovirus  
The invention provides a packaging cell line for production of diphtheria toxin (DT) expressing, non-replicating adenovirus for use in suicide gene therapy of cancer cells, as well as production of...
US20090215765 Neuroprotective compounds for treating optic neuropathies  
Neuroprotective compounds for treating optic neuropathies and screening methods for identifying neuroprotective compounds.
US20090215709 Methylation markers for diagnosis and treatment of cancers  
Two hundred ten markers are provided which are epigenetically silenced in one or more cancer types. The markers can be used diagnostically, prognostically, therapeutically, and for selecting...
US20090215171 PELCAM-1-related molecules compositions kit of parts and associated methods of use  
An isolated polynucleotide coding for platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1), and obtainable by amplifying cDNA from total human white blood cells by PCR; peptides encoding PECAM-1...
US20090215059 Molecular Diagnosis of Bacteremia  
A highly specific assay can be used for the detection of bacteremia in the clinical setting. The ubiquitous background endogenous DNA present in all PCR reagents is eliminated using a restriction...
US20090209621 Compositions and methods for decreasing microrna expression for the treatment of neoplasia  
The invention generally features compositions and methods that are useful for treating or diagnosing a neoplasia. The invention is based in part on the observation that c-Myc activated expression...
US20090208934 PECAM-1 GENOTYPE  
The invention relates to methods of identifying inter-patient differences in genotype of PECAM- 1 to diagnose and assess risk of arterial disease. It further relates to methods of identifying...
US20090208505 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...
7576323 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...
US20090202439 Methods for treatment of angiogenesis  
The present invention includes methods for treatment and prophylaxis of diseases, post-surgical disorders and bacterial infections associated with lactosylceramide. The methods generally provide...
7572906 Viral vectors and host cells and methods of making and using them  
The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of...
7572599 Metalloprotease activation of myostatin, and methods of modulating myostatin activity  
It has been determined that metalloprotease cleavage of a myostatin pro peptide results in activation of a latent inactive myostatin to an active form. Accordingly, methods of identifying agents...
US20090196877 Novel Method to Increase Memory T Lymphocytes and Enhance Their Functions  
The invention generally features compositions and methods that are useful for increasing immune function. Such methods can be employed to enhance innate immunity for the prevention or treatment of...
7570426 Apparatus and system for wide angle narrow-band optical detection in daylight  
Techniques for filtering light include, along a central optical axis, an entrance window; a first polarizer, a narrowband polarization-changing material, a second polarizer, and an exit window. The...
7570202 Polarimetric selectivity method for suppressing cross-track clutter in sounding radars  
Methods for suppressing cross-track clutter in a sounding radar utilize polarimetric selectivity in two ways: (1) transmitting full-beam circular polarization and separating the desired signal of...
US20090192437 WEARABLE PHOTOACTIVATOR FOR OCULAR THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS AND USES THEREOF  
The invention provides a wearable device for delivery of light of a desired wavelength and power to the cornea of a subject. The device includes a frame for attachment of a light source housing...
US20090191570 Inhibition of Interaction of PSD93 and PSD95 with nNOS and NMDA Receptors  
PSD-95/SAP90 antisense-treated animals not only experience a significant decrease in MAC for isoflurane, but also experience an attenuation in the NMDA-induced increase in isoflurane MAC....
7566768 Promyostatin peptides and methods of using same  
The present invention provides substantially purified peptide portions of a promyostatin polypeptide. For example, the invention provides proteolytic fragments of a promyostatin polypeptide such as...
US20090186339 Human transcriptomes  
Global gene expression patterns have been characterized in normal and cancerous human cells using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Cancer cell-specific, cell-type specific, and...
US20090186016 AUGMENTATION OF ENDOTHELIAL THROMBORESISTANCE  
Stretch-induced increased hemodynamic load adversely affects endothelial cell function and is an important contributor to thromboembolus formation in heart failure, valvular heart disease, atrial...
US20090182019 Histone deacetylase inhibitors  
The present invention provides novel HDAC inhibitors and methods of treating diseases using the same.
US20090181010 Arginase II: a target for the prevention of atherosclerosis  
The instant invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of. atherosclerotic disease. Specifically, the invention provides methods and compositions for modulating the activity of...
7561802 Mobile communications via an optical signal during adverse atmospheric conditions  
A communications system for wireless transceiving of information, comprising at least one multiple optical beam scanning array transceiver located in a satellite for wirelessly transceiving the...
7560540 Nucleic acid encoding dendritic cell co-stimulatory molecules  
A novel costimulatory protein molecule, B7-DC, which is a member of the B7 family, is described as is DNA coding therefor and expression vectors comprising this DNA. B7-DC protein, fragments,...
7560482 Inhibitors of plasmepsins  
Compounds and methods for the inhibition of anti-malarial target aspartyl protease plasmepsins (e.g. Plasmepsin I, Plasmepsin II, Plasmepsin IV and HAP) are provided. The compounds are based on...
US20090175798 Mycobacterial Catalase-Peroxidase in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sarcoidosis  
Provided are diagnostic and therapeutic methods of treating sarcoidosis comprising the use of microbial catalase-peroxidase protein, its peptide fragments, or derivatives thereof.
US20090175790 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA TREATMENT METHODS AND BIOLOGICAL PACEMAKER  
Disclosed are methods of preventing or treating cardiac arrhythmia. In one embodiment, the methods include administering to an amount of at least one polynucleotide that modulates an electrical...
7557200 Superior molecular vaccine based on self-replicating RNA, suicidal DNA or naked DNA vector, that links antigen with polypeptide that promotes antigen presentation  
Improved molecular vaccines comprise nucleic acid vectors that encode a fusion polypeptide that includes polypeptide or peptide physically linked to an antigen. The linked polypeptide is one that...
7557144 Modulation of protein expression using carbocyclic aryl alkenoic acid derivatives  
The present invention generally relates to diseases or conditions modulated by undesired protein expression. In one aspect, the methods provide for administration to a mammal, particularly a human,...
7556855 Impact resistant flexible body device  
An impact resistant device is provided comprising a support matrix and a plurality of energy absorbing elements operatively connected to the support matrix, each element comprising at least one...