Patents and Patent Applications from Yale University


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8185320 Systems and methods for automated analysis of cells and tissues  
Systems and methods for rapidly analyzing cell containing samples, for example to identify morphology or to localize and quantitate biomarkers are disclosed.
8182814 Methods of treating inflammatory airway conditions by inhibition of IL-11 activity  
The present invention provides a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of T-helper type 2 (Th2)-mediated disorders using antagonists of IL-11.
8181653 Intrauterine fallopian tube occlusion device  
An intrauterine device for occluding orifices of fallopian tubes includes a resilient body having an elongated member with a first end and a second end. The elongated member further includes a...
US20120115782 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR INHIBITING LIVER INJURY  
The present invention relates to the discovery that acetylsalicylic acid (ASA or aspirin), salicylic acid (SA) and related salicylate esters and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, when...
US20120101028 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF  
The present invention provides anti-inflammatory compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof for treating inflammatory disorders. The present invention also provides...
8165684 Wireless system for epilepsy monitoring and measurement  
A wireless system for monitoring a patient's brain tissue including (1) a plurality of electrodes abutting brain tissue, (2) main circuitry outside the patient's body to transmit power at radio...
US20120091062 Osmotic Desalination Process  
An energy efficient desalination process that does not produce waste products involves the extraction of water from a first solution, such as seawater, by using a second concentrated solution to...
US20120088216 Systems and Methods for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Treatment  
A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a system are provided. A plurality of multi-level cognitive exercises are provided to an individual. Each of the multi-level cognitive...
8153596 Use of SH2 STAT3/STAT1 peptidomimetics as anticancer drugs  
The subject invention concerns compositions and methods for blocking cancer cell growth or proliferation and/or inducing cancer cell death. Compositions of the present invention are peptidomimetics...
US20120082686 Neovascular-Targeted Immunoconjugates  
Immunoconjugates for treating diseases associated with neovascularization such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, the exudative form of macular degeneration, and atherosclerosis are described. The...
US20120071421 THERAPY WITH CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS ENTEROTOXIN TO TREAT OVARIAN AND UTERINE CANCER  
The invention discloses high levels of receptors for Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin (CPE) have been found in ovarian cancer and uterine cancer tissue samples. In addition, successful in vivo...
US20120064050 Tissue Engineering of Lung  
The present invention relates to compositions comprising a decellularized tissue. The present invention also provides an engineered three dimensional lung tissue exhibiting characteristics of a...
US20120058125 METHODS RELATING TO PERIPHERAL ADMINISTRATION OF NOGO RECEPTOR POLYPEPTIDES  
This invention relates to methods of treating diseases involving accumulation of Aβ plaques, including Alzheimer's Disease by the peripheral administration of soluble Nogo receptor polypeptides. ...
8121794 Systems and methods for automated analysis of cells and tissues  
Systems and methods for rapidly analyzing cell containing samples, for example to identify morphology or to localize and quantitate biomarkers are disclosed.
US20120040974 MIF MODULATORS  
The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low...
US20120040371 DIAGNOSIS OF PREECLAMPSIA  
The present invention provides methods and compositions related to the detection and/or monitoring of the levels of angiogenic factors, specifically VEGF, PlGF and sFlt-1, in urine samples obtained...
US20120039865 IDENTIFICATION OF SORTILIN AS A NEURONAL RECEPTOR FOR THE FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA PROTEIN, PROGRANULIN  
The present invention is related to methods for identifying compounds that modulate the interaction between progranulin and sortilin. The present invention is also related to methods for modulating...
US20120035184 METHODS FOR INDUCING TUMOR REGRESSION, INHIBITING TUMOR GROWTH, AND INDUCING APOPTOSIS IN BREAST TUMORS WITH GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE I INHIBITORS  
Methods of inducing tumor regression, inhibiting tumor growth, and inducing apoptosis with selective peptidomimetic inhibitors of geranylgeranyltransferase I (GGTase I), are provided. In one...
8109816 Method and apparatus for measurement and analysis of a golf swing  
A method for analyzing at least one golf swing parameter using a plurality of accelerometers located proximate the distal ends of a golf club, a signal processing and display system utilizing a...
US20120021442 MARKERS FOR DETECTION OF COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM IN UTERO ENCOUNTERS  
Described herein are biomarkers, such as protein biomarkers, which are diagnostic of and predictive for complications that result from an in utero encounter, such as an infection by the fetus, that...
US20120009282 USE OF THE COMBINATION OF PHY906 AND A TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR AS A CANCER TREATMENT REGIMEN  
This invention provides herbal compositions useful for increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapeutic compounds. This invention also provides methods useful for improving the quality of life...
8093299 Methods of treating bowel disorders  
The present invention relates to methods for treating bowel disorders using calcimimetics.
US20120004261 MIF MODULATORS  
The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low...
8084471 Proteomimetic compounds as inhibitors of the interaction of nuclear receptor with coactivator peptides  
The present invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods which inhibit the binding of coactivator proteins in nuclear receptors, including estrogen receptors (alpha...
8084258 Manipulation of tissue of organ type using the notch pathway  
The present invention is directed to methods for altering the fate of a cell, tissue or organ type by altering Notch pathway function in the cell. The invention is further directed to methods for...
8084228 Nogo-B receptor antagonists  
Nogo-B receptors bind to Nogo-B and mediate its biological function. We have discovered that Nogo-B receptor is a component of endothelial cells, and is highly expressed in intact blood vessels....
US20110313459 Dynamic Spine Stabilizer  
A dynamic spine stabilizer moves under the control of spinal motion providing increased mechanical support within a central zone corresponding substantially to the neutral zone of the injured...
US20110311538 INHIBITORS OF RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF  
The present invention provides moieties that bind to an Ig-like domain, e.g., D4 or D5, of a human receptor tyrosine kinase, e.g., the human Kit RTK or the PDGFR RTK, or the D7 domain of a type V...
8076451 Selective delivery of molecules into cells or marking of cells in diseased tissue regions using environmentally sensitive transmembrane peptide  
A polypeptide with a predominantly hydrophobic sequence long enough to span a membrane lipid bilayer as a transmembrane helix (TM) and comprising one or more dissociable groups inserts across a...
8076347 Compounds and methods for the treatment of cancer  
(−)-(2S,4S)-1-(2-Hydroxymethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)cytosine (also referred to as (−)-OddC) or its derivative and its use to treat cancer in animals, including humans.
US20110302583 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA  
A system, method, and computer program product for processing data are disclosed. The system includes a data processing framework configured to receive a data processing task for processing, a...
US20110302226 DATA LOADING SYSTEMS AND METHODS  
System, method, and computer program product for processing data are disclosed. The system is configured to perform transfer of data from a file system to a database system. Such transfer is...
US20110302151 Query Execution Systems and Methods  
System, method, and computer program product for processing data are disclosed. The method includes receiving a query for processing of data, wherein the data is stored in a table in a plurality of...
US20110300152 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING CELL-CELL FUSION VIA INTERMEDIATE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS  
Compositions and methods are provided for modulating cell-cell fusion by using agents that modulate expression, activity, or function of intermediate-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK4)...
8071104 Neovascular-targeted immunoconjugates  
Immunoconjugates for treating diseases associated with neovascularization such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, the exudative form of macular degeneration, and atherosclerosis are described. The...
US20110293750 ACTIVATED WNT-BETA-CATENIN SIGNALING IN MELANOMA  
The present invention is directed to a method of determining the prospects for survival of a melanoma patient. This method involves providing a biological sample from a patient diagnosed with...
US20110281358 System For Seeding Cells Onto Three Dimensional Scaffolds  
Systems are provided for convenient and sterile isolation, collection, and seeding of cells onto a scaffold or tissue graft. The systems may be closed. Methods for use of the disclosed systems for...
US20110280863 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF PREECLAMPSIA  
Methods, kits and compounds are provided that relate to the diagnosis, treatment, and/or prevention of preeclampsia.
8058477 Process for the synthesis of arylamines from the reaction of an aromatic compound with ammonia or a metal amide  
A catalytic process for the synthesis of aromatic primary amines, reagent compositions for effecting the process, and transition metal complexes useful in the process, are provided.
8058314 Conductance of improperly folded proteins through the secretory pathway and related methods for treating disease  
This invention provides the methodology and agents for treating any disease or clinical condition which is at least partly the result of endoplasmic reticulum-associated retention of proteins....
8036833 Systems and methods for automated analysis of cells and tissues  
Systems and methods for rapidly analyzing cell containing samples, for example to identify morphology or to localize and quantitate biomarkers are disclosed.
8035387 Methods and apparatus for compensating field inhomogeneities in magnetic resonance studies  
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method or determining location(s) at which at least one magnetic article is to be positioned during a magnetic resonance imaging procedure of at...
8034070 Varicose vein dissector and removal apparatus  
A varicose vein dissector and removal apparatus includes a handle having a first end and a second end, a dissector extending from the first end of the handle and a hook extending from the second...
8030456 Nogo receptor antagonists  
Disclosed are immunogenic Nogo receptor-1 polypeptides, Nogo receptor-1 antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, soluble Nogo receptors and fusion proteins thereof and nucleic acids encoding...
8026065 Assessment of oocyte competence  
Methods are provided for evaluating an oocyte for fertilization and implantation. For example, methods are provided for determining whether an oocyte expresses, or does not express, one or more of...
8017726 Anti-inflammatory compounds and uses thereof  
The present invention provides anti-inflammatory compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof for treating inflammatory disorders. The present invention also provides...
8008262 β-peptides  
β-peptide regions of polypeptides can serve as structural mimics of α-helices in wild type proteins. Because α-helices of one protein often bind to a target protein in a biological pathway, a po...
US20110203994 Forward Osmosis Separation Processes  
Separation processes using engineered osmosis are disclosed generally involving the extraction of solvent from a first solution to concentrate solute by using a second concentrated solution to draw...
8002989 Osmotic desalination process  
An energy efficient desalination process that does not produce waste products involves the extraction of water from a first solution, such as seawater, by using a second concentrated solution to...
US20110201563 CHIMERIC SMALL MOLECULES FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF ANTIBODIES TO CANCER CELLS  
The present invention relates to chimeric chemical compounds which are used to recruit antibodies to cancer cells, in particular, prostate cancer cells or metastasized prostate cancer cells. The...