Patents and Patent Applications from Tulane University


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8153360 Flavivirus fusion inhibitors  
The present invention provides an isolated peptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 to SEQ ID NO:36, as well as derivatives thereof comprising various...
US20120027844 COMPOUNDS, THEIR SYNTHESES, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS TO TREAT CANCER  
Compounds and their syntheses are disclosed herein. Compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound are also described, and include compositions also comprising liposomes....
US20120027729 METHODS FOR TREATING DIABETES  
Transplantation of multipotent stromal cells (MSCs) into diabetic mice lowers blood sugar, increases blood insulin levels, increases the number and size of islets, and improves renal pathology....
US20110290998 TUNED SYNTHETIC DENDRIMER CALIBRANTS FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY  
Provided are monodisperse synthetic dendrimer calibrants for mass spectrometry. The calibrants are distinguished by their relative ease and rapidity of synthesis, comparatively low cost, long shelf...
8044292 Homogeneous thermoelectric nanocomposite using core-shell nanoparticles  
A thermoelectric material comprises core-shell particles having a core formed from a core material and a shell formed from a shell material. In representative examples, the shell material is a...
US20110237505 Compositions and Methods for Treating Obesity and Diabetes  
Disclosed are methods of modulating the expression of genes linked to adipocytokine signaling, carbohydrate metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, arachidonic acid metabolism, PPAR signaling, insulin...
8025861 Making electrocatalyst supports for fuel cells  
Titanium oxide (usually titanium dioxide) catalyst support particles are doped for electronic conductivity and formed with surface area-enhancing pores for use, for example, in electro-catalyzed...
8003567 Nanocomposite support materials  
The present teachings are directed toward hexagonally patterned porous titania synthesized from a titanium isopropoxide precursor using a viscous template of surface-active agents separating...
US20110190483 Stimulus-Responsive Apta Chelamers  
Disclosed are apta-chelamers comprising aptamer domains tethered to rationally designed synthetic protein-binding modules, and methods of designing and making the same. Also disclosed are...
US20110130328 FLAVIVIRUS FUSION INHIBITORS  
The present invention provides an isolated peptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1 to SEQ ID NO:36, as well as derivatives thereof comprising various...
7892515 Making mesoporous carbon with tunable pore size  
Carbon with mesopores (about two to fifteen nanometers in average pore size) is made using sucrose as a source of carbon, and silica and phosphoric acid as templates for the mesopore structure in...
7888039 Assay for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies  
Provided is a novel method for detecting Transmissible Spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). The method comprises: selecting a body fluid sample from a subject to determine whether the subject has...
7883995 Method of forming stable functionalized nanoparticles  
A novel top-down procedure for synthesis of stable passivated nanoparticles uses a one-step mechanochemical process to form and passivate the nanoparticles. High-energy ball milling (HEBM) can...
7854937 Flavivirus fusion inhibitors  
The present invention relates to peptides and methods of inhibiting fusion between the virion envelope of Flaviviruses and membranes of the target cell, the process that delivers the viral genome...
US20100278857 Dendritic Cell Binding Proteins and Uses Thereof  
The present invention provides novel peptides which specifically targets and binds to dendritic cells. Also provided are fusion compositions comprising these peptides and a non-dendritic protein of...
7824646 Carbon and carbon composites with highly ordered mesosize pores  
Mesoporous carbon and silica containing composites are prepared based on the co-assembly of a suitable surfactant in a liquid medium. When a low molecular weight carbonizable polymer and a silica...
7790137 Metal telluride nanocrystals and synthesis thereof  
A process for synthesizing a metal telluride is provided that includes the dissolution of a metal precursor in a solvent containing a ligand to form a metal-ligand complex soluble in the solvent....
7771727 Conjugates of therapeutic or cytotoxic agents and biologically active peptides  
The invention features conjugates of therapeutic or cytotoxic agents and biologically active peptides and methods of use thereof.
7759329 Method of treating human preeclampsia employing resibufagenin  
A method of treating preeclampsia including administering a therapeutically effective dose of resibufagenin to a patient having preeclampsia. Effecting the determination of the presence of...
US20100160153 MAKING ELECTROCATALYST SUPPORTS FOR FUEL CELLS  
Titanium oxide (usually titanium dioxide) catalyst support particles are doped for electronic conductivity and formed with surface area-enhancing pores for use, for example, in electro-catalyzed...
US20100137877 Combined Umbilical Cord Cutter, Clamp, and Disinfectant  
Provided is a combined umbilical cord clamp, cutter, disinfectant, and data collecting system which reduces the risk of cord infections due to unsanitary birth conditions. Also provided is an...
7716969 Methods and devices for simultaneously monitoring colloid particles and soluble components during reactions  
A method and apparatus for continuously extracting liquid in at least two separate streams from a vessel, continuously diluting and/or conditioning a first stream in one or more stages, producing,...
US20100021366 Making mesoporous carbon with tunable pore size  
Carbon with mesopores (about two to fifteen nanometers in average pore size) is made using sucrose as a source of carbon, and silica and phosphoric acid as templates for the mesopore structure in...
US20090324620 CONJUGATES OF THERAPEUTIC OR CYTOTOXIC AGENTS AND BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PEPTIDES  
The invention features conjugates of therapeutic or cytotoxic agents and biologically active peptides and methods of use thereof.
US20090306311 METHODS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR DURING-SYNTHESIS MONITORING OF POLYMER FUNCTIONAL EVOLUTION  
A method of monitoring the evolution of polymer and/or colloid stimuli responsiveness during synthesis of polymers and/or colloids, including postpolymerization modifications on natural and...
US20090264362 Influenza virus inhibiting peptides  
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prevention of an influenza infection. The composition comprises an isolated polypeptide including a sequence of at...
US20090227676 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CANCER  
Pharmaceutical compositions and kits useful for the treatment of cancer include certain alkyl esters of cystine and certain alkyl-substituted cystamine derived esters, including, for example,...
7550423 Somatostatin antagonists  
The invention features somatostatin antagonists having a D-amino acid at the second residue.
US20090149378 GLP-1 ANALOGUES  
The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of glucagon-like peptide-1, the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, to methods of using such analogues to treat mammals and to...
US20090069245 GHRELIN/GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING PEPTIDE/GROWTH HORMONE SECRETATOGUE RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF  
The present invention provides novel compounds that have been demonstrated to be modulators of the ghrelin receptor (growth hormone secretagogue receptor, GHS-R1a and subtypes, iso forms and...
US20090047773 METHOD OF FORMING STABLE FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES  
A novel top-down procedure for synthesis of stable passivated nanoparticles uses a one-step mechanochemical process to form and passivate the nanoparticles. High-energy ball milling (HEBM) can...
7491793 Influenza virus inhibiting peptides  
The present invention relates to a method of preventing or inhibiting viral infection of a cell and/or fusion between the envelope of a virus and the membranes of a cell targeted by the virus...
7485460 Enhanced growth of adult stem cells with Dkk-1  
The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for enhancing the growth of adult marrow stromal cells.
US20080299097 ISOLATED POPULATION OF RAPIDLY PROLIFERATING MARROW STROMAL CELLS FOR ENHANCED IN VIVO ENGRAFTMENT  
Multipotent stromal cells “MSCs” have been described as consisting of at least two populations of cells, rapidly self-renewing stem cells (RS-MSCs), and larger, slowly replicating cells (mM...
US20080274543 Neuronal Cell Propagation Using Rotating Wall Vessel  
The present invention provides methods of propagating transformed neurons in a simulated microgravity environment generated by a rotating wall vessel (“3-D culture”) so that the phenotype of the...
7439071 Method of employing elevation of marinobufagenin in determining the presence of preeclampsia and related apparatus  
A method of determining the presence of preeclampsia is provided wherein a determination is made as to whether there has been a substantial elevation in marinobufagenin which may be a blood-derived...
7416733 Flavivirus fusion inhibitors  
The present invention relates to peptides and methods of inhibiting fusion between the virion envelope of Flaviviruses and membranes of the target cell, the process that delivers the viral genome...
7408024 Somatostatin antagonists  
The present invention is directed to a somatostatin antagonist according to formula (I): A1-cyclo {D-Cys-A2-D-Trp-A3-A4-Cys}-A5Y1, wherein A1 is an optionally substituted aromatic a-amino acid; A2...
7381705 Inhibitors of hepatitis C virus  
The present invention relates to methods that employ peptides or peptide derivatives to inhibit hepatitis C virus infection. The present invention is based in part on the discovery that E2 envelope...
7378488 Somatostatin antagonists  
The present invention is directed to a somatostatin antagonist according to formula (I), wherein A1 is an optionally substituted aromatic ∝-amino acid; A2 is an optionally substituted aromatic ∝...
7368427 GLP-1 analogues  
The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of glucagon-like peptide-1, the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, to methods of using such analogues to treat mammals and to...
US20080095750 USE OF ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELLS FOR TREATMENT OF LEUKODYSTROPHIES  
The present invention relates to a treatment of a leukodystrophy by administration of an adipose-derived stem cell. Specifically, the present invention relates to the treatment of Krabbe disease...
7361493 Production of urokinase in a three-dimensional cell culture  
Embodiments of a method for the production of human urokinase are disclosed. Also disclosed are embodiments of a cell culture well-suited for use with the disclosed method. The method involves...
US20080090756 Somatostatin agonists  
Claimed are a series of somatostatin agonists typically characterized by alkylation of the amide nitrogen, and uses thereof. Examples of claimed compounds are those according to formula (I),...
US20080087314 Homogeneous thermoelectric nanocomposite using core-shell nanoparticles  
A thermoelectric material comprises core-shell particles having a core formed from a core material and a shell formed from a shell material. In representative examples, the shell material is a...
US20080085281 Inhibitors of Dkk-1  
The present invention encompasses methods and compositions for enhancing the growth of adult marrow stromal cells. The present invention also encompasses methods and compositions for regulating the...
US20080039580 Carbon and carbon composites with highly ordered mesosize pores  
Mesoporous carbon and silica containing composites are prepared based on the co-assembly of a suitable surfactant in a liquid medium. When a low molecular weight carbonizable polymer and a silica...
7326685 Diagnostic or therapeutic somatostatin or bombesin analog conjugates and uses thereof  
Disclosed are peptide agents and uses thereof that are analogs of biologically active peptides such as somatostatin and bombesin. The compounds of the invention have the general formula X-Y-Z-Q,...
US20080008623 Automatic sampling and dilution apparatus for use in a polymer analysis system  
The present invention provides an automatic sampling and dilution apparatus for use in a polymer analysis system. The apparatus comprises (a) a primary mixing chamber; (b) a primary pump capable of...
7312304 Somatostatin agonists  
Claimed are a series of somatostatin agonists and uses thereof, according to formula (I), A1-cyclo[Cys-A2-D-Trp-A3-A4-Cys]-A5-Y1, (I) wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and Y1 are as defined in...
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