Patents and Patent Applications from Tufts University


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US20120121820 FABRICATION OF SILK FIBROIN PHOTONIC STRUCTURES BY NANOCONTACT IMPRINTING  
A method of manufacturing a nanopatterned biophotonic structure includes forming a customized nanopattern mask on a substrate using E-beam lithography, providing a biopolymer matrix solution,...
8159288 Low power BPSK demodulator  
A low power BPSK demodulator having a simple architecture, compact design and reliable is provided. The BPSK demodulator includes a first branch (210) having a first mixer (212) and a first low...
US20120064518 Methods, tip assemblies and kits for introducing material into cells  
Methods, tip assemblies and kits are provided for introducing material into cells. The tip assemblies include an attachment portion, a channel portion, and a constriction that function to reduce...
US20120058117 NEUROPILIN-1 INHIBITORS  
The present invention relates to molecules interfering with the function of neuropilin-1 in the context of angiogenesis and the treatment of cancer. Molecules, polypeptides, antibodies,...
8129141 Fibrous protein fusions and use thereof in the formation of advanced organic/inorganic composite materials  
The claimed invention provides a fusion polypeptide comprising a fibrous protein domain and a mineralization domain. The fusion is used to form an organic-inorganic composite. These...
US20120035403 CONVERTING BIOMASS TO GASEOUS FUEL HYDROCARBONS  
A method includes providing a solution containing a C2-6 carboxylic acid or a C2-6 carboxylate that is derived from biomass; and contacting the solution with a solid catalyst to form a C1-5...
US20120016033 Small Molecule Antagonists of Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-Triphosphate (PIP3) and Uses Thereof  
Disclosed are new members of a class of non-lipid small molecule inhibitors which interfere with the interaction between phosphoinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP3) and pleckstrin homology (PH)...
8093217 Methods and compositions for inhibition of multi-drug resistance by hyaluronan oligomers  
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for sensitizing multi-drug resistant cancer or radiation resistant cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents are provided. Compositions include ligands of...
US20110319398 INHIBITION OF YOPS TRANSLOCATION  
The disclosure relates to compounds and methods of inhibiting type three secretion system effector molecules, to methods of detecting compounds that inhibit Yops translocation, and to methods of...
US20110280847 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE SPORE GERMINATION AND OUTGROWTH  
Certain bile acids, including novel bile acids, and derivatives thereof can be used to inhibit the germination of C. difficile spores and/or the growth of C. difficile cells. The methods and...
US20110275788 FIBROUS PROTEIN FUSIONS AND USE THEREOF IN THE FORMATION OF ADVANCED ORGANIC/INORGANIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS  
The claimed invention provides a fusion polypeptide comprising a fibrous protein domain and a mineralization domain. The fusion is used to form an organic-inorganic composite. These...
US20110275538 MEASUREMENT OF BIOLOGICAL TARGETS  
An integrated imaging system, e.g., a microsystem, for detecting activity of a biological target, for example, in response to a stimulus, includes an array of pixels arranged on a substrate, each...
US20110272348 IRON-MEDIATED REMEDIATION WITHIN NONAQUOUS PHASE LIQUID  
The present invention relates to remediation of hazardous waste sites. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for remediation of environmental contaminants in...
8053387 Catalyst having metal in reduced quantity and reduced cluster size  
The invention contemplates a method of making a catalytic material, and uses of the material. The catalytic material is made by depositing catalytic metals, such as gold or platinum, on substrate...
US20110262971 Genetically Modified E. coli Strains for Producing Erythromycin  
Genetically modified E. coli strains capable of producing erythromycins, particularly erythromycin A.
US20110172519 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS EMPLOYING FIBER OPTIC SHAPE TRACKING  
The present invention provides systems, devices, and methods employing fiber optic shape and position tracking. The systems, devices, and methods permit measurement of and continuous tracking of...
US20110152352 SMAD PROTEINS CONTROL DROSHA-MEDIATED MIRNA MATURATION  
The invention, in some aspects, relates to compositions and methods useful for modulating expression of miRNAs that are regulated by the TGF-β/BMP signaling pathway. In some aspects, the invention ...
US20110150775 GENOMIC APPROACHES TO FETAL TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS  
The present invention provides systems for developing and/or testing therapies for prenatal diseases and conditions including Down Syndrome. The present invention also provides diagnostic methods...
US20110138902 MEMS MICROPHONE ARRAY ON A CHIP  
The present invention relates to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). In particular, the present invention relates to MEMS arrays for use in acoustics and other applications.
7962187 Optical imaging and oximetry of tissue  
Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting at least one region of a sample having an absorption level different from a background level of absorption in the sample by obtaining thicknesses of...
7960509 Fibrous protein fusions and use thereof in the formation of advanced organic/inorganic composite materials  
The claimed invention provides a fusion polypeptide comprising a fibrous protein domain and a mineralization domain. The fusion is used to form an organic-inorganic composite. These...
7959915 Inhibitors of extracellular Hsp90  
The present invention describes inhibitors of extracellular Hsp90. The inhibition of extracellular Hsp90 leads to a reduction of the invasiveness of the tumor cells. Furthermore, the invention...
US20110132871 SHEAR SENSORS AND USES THEREOF  
The present invention relates to shear sensors. In particular, the present invention relates to deformable sensors for measurement of shear forces during chemical mechanical polishing.
US20110118125 NEONATAL SALIVARY GENOMICS  
The present invention provides systems for assessing neonatal development and/or conditions by analyzing neonatal saliva RNA. Methods of identifying genes involved in neonatal development and/or...
US20110110922 Wound Healing Peptides and Methods of Use Thereof  
Methods and compositions for the treatment of wounds in a mammalian subject are provided. Particularly, novel polypeptides and encoding nucleic acids that stimulate keratinocyte and endothelial...
US20110104653 INTERACTIVE DIGITAL WORKBOOK SYSTEM AND METHOD  
A digital workbook program, method, and system include a program interface module configured to communicate with a set of applications and a workbook module configured to generate a digital...
US20110104200 Methods, compositions and kits for vegetative cell-based vaccines and spore-based vaccines  
Methods for immunizing a subject to an antigen of an infectious agent, a tumor, or an allergen are provided, using vegetative cytoplasmic expression of the antigen or spore surface display of the...
US20110076384 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING BIOMATERIAL STRUCTURES  
A system and method for making a biomaterial device includes a support structure providing a shape for a biomaterial device. At least one applicator has a supply of biomaterial solution and is...
7914769 Compounds for treating human papillomavirus  
Methods and compositions for treating human papillomavirus infections are described.
US20110015136 humanized model of membrane attack complex (MAC) formation on murine retina and compositions, kits and methods for treatment of macular degeneration  
Methods and compositions for treating a subject having age-related macular degeneration (AMD), methods of assaying human macular degeneration (MD), and methods and kits for assaying potential...
US20110008906 Genetic Association of Polymorphisms in Perilipin (PLIN) Gene With Resistance to Weight Loss  
Diagnostics and therapeutics for resistance to weight-loss, which are based upon the identification of a subject's PLIN polymorphisms, haplotype and genotype pattern, are described in this invention.
US20100317570 Composition and Method for the Treatment of Diseases Affected by a Peptide Receptor  
The present invention includes peptidomimetic compound compositions and methods of making and using peptidomimetic compounds to modulate the activity of a peptide receptor for the treatment of one...
US20100298540 Crystal Structure of a MarR Family Polypeptide  
The crystal structure of the product, crystals of the MarR protein, a regulator of multiple antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli, and methods of crystallization of the MarR protein are described.
US20100292543 Analysis of Endogenous Fluorescence Images to Extract Morphological/Organization Information About Living Samples  
Methods and computer program products for analyzing tissue are provided. The tissue is exposed to light at the appropriate wavelengths for inducing fluorescence. Images of the fluorescing tissue...
US20100286250 FLUORINATED LIPIDS AND METHODS OF USE  
The invention provides methods and compounds for delivering agents to cells. The compounds can include a fluorinated lipid, a linker, and an agent for delivery to a cell.
US20100277234 Low Power BPSK Demodulator  
A low power BPSK demodulator having a simple architecture, compact design and reliable is provided. The BPSK demodulator includes a first branch (210) having a first mixer (212) and a first low...
US20100272651 METHOD FOR ASSESSING POTENTIAL FOR TUMOR DEVELOPMENT AND METASTASIS  
The present invention generally provides methods for assessing the potential of tumor formation and/or metastasis using a combination (e.g., a ratio) of the number of circulating tumor cells and...
US20100261168 Screening for Environmental DNAs Encoding Enzymes for Synthesizing Terpenoid-Based Therapeutic Compounds Using Genetically Modified E. Coli Strains  
A screening method for identifying microbial genes involved in biosynthesis of therapeutic terpenoid-based compounds using genetically modified E. coli strains that yield high levels of products of...
US20100247566 CHOLERA VACCINES  
The methods and compositions of the present invention are directed to a vaccine against Vibrio cholerae comprised of V. cholerae outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). Such vaccines are relatively stable,...
US20100233421 Doubly-Curved Mesh  
A doubly-curved mesh (110) is fabricated based on a customized design. In one aspect, a plurality of material-strips (112) are provided. A length is determined for at least one segment (223) of at...
7797647 Circuit having hardware threading  
Hardware threading optimizes use of hardware resources in a dynamic workload environment. Unutilized hardware resources are dynamically borrowed to increase throughput performance and/or power...
US20100211357 METHOD FOR MUTLI-STAGE SPATIAL SAMPLING WITH MULTIPLE CRITERIA  
The present invention provides a method for implementing a multi-stage spatial sampling strategy to select optimal sampling locations and determine an optimal sampling density for a quantification...
US20100209447 Methods of making and using a cell penetrating peptide for enhanced delivery of nucleic acids, proteins, drugs, and adenovirus to tissues and cells, and compositions and kits  
A peptide-POD with ability to penetrate and deliver fluorophores, siRNA, DNA and quantum dots to cells in culture and retinal and ocular tissues in vivo is provided herein. POD couples to...
US20100208996 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RESTORING LOW-RESOLUTION TEXT IMAGES  
A system that extracts text from an image includes a capture device that captures the image having a low resolution. An image segmentation subsystem partitions the image into image segments. An...
US20100184838 Compositions and methods for retinal transduction and photoreceptor specific transgene expression  
Adenovirus (Ad) vectors are here provided for treatment of ocular tissues as are suitable methods to transduce photoreceptor (PR) cells, the tissue associated with degeneration. Expression from CMV...
US20100184081 GENETIC MARKERS FOR OBESITY  
The present invention is directed to new genetic variants or polymorphisms at the perilipin locus (PLIN) including PLIN1: 6209T (allele 1)>C (allele 2); PLIN3 10171 (allele 1) A >T (allele 2);...
US20100169038 METHODS FOR CALCULATING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION  
The present invention provides processes employing algorithms and methods for calculating particle size distribution. In particular, the present invention provides processes employing algorithms...
US20100032547 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ARRAY IMAGING  
The present invention relates to a method and system of array imaging that extends or maximizes the longevity of the sensor array by minimizing the effects of photobleaching. The imaging system has...
US20100004163 Composition and Uses of a Galectin for Treatment of Dry Eye Syndrome  
Methods for the therapeutic treatment of dry eye in mammals comprising administering to a mammal afflicted with an epithelial wound a therapeutically effective amount of a galectin-1 protein, a...
US20100003158 VIBRATORY POWDER CONSOLIDATION  
A vibratory powder consolidation process is provided in which a powder material is subjected to vibratory energy while under static compressive loading. The process provides rapid, full-density...
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