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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130065242 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING, PROGNOSING AND TREATING MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY - Disclosed herein are methods for diagnosing, prognosing and treating muscular dystrophy. The disclosed methods can be used to diagnosis, prognosis or treat a subject with merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy Type 1A (MDC1A), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), facioscapulohumeral (FHMD), Beckers muscular dystrophy (BMD) or Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Also disclosed are methods of determining the effectiveness of an agent for the treatment of muscular dystrophy. In an example, a method of diagnosing or prognosing a subject with muscular dystrophy includes detecting expression of Galectin-1 or Galectin-3 in a sample obtained from the subject at risk of having or having one or more signs or symptoms associated with muscular dystrophy, thereby diagnosing or prognosing the subject with muscular dystrophy. Also provided are methods of enhancing muscle regeneration, repair, or maintenance in a subject by administering galectin, such as Galectin-1 and/or Galectin-3 to a subject in need thereof. | 03-14-2013 |
20120273481 | HIGH POWER-DENSITY PLANE-SURFACE HEATING ELEMENT - An electrical heat production device comprising a thin resistive layer sandwiched between a pair of plates having high thermal and electrical conductivity, the stack of layers being insulated around the side surfaces. When a voltage potential is applied across the plates in the disclosed electrical heat production device, an electrical current flows across the resistive layer producing heat within the resistive layer that is conducted through the plates and across the outer surfaces of the plates. A guard heater can be positioned adjacent to one of the outer plate surfaces to bias the heat flow from the resistive layer toward the opposite outer plate surface, such that the apparatus can have a single planar heating surface. | 11-01-2012 |
20110155971 | HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS OF NANOCUBES OF SILLENITE TYPE COMPOUNDS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS AND SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TO FUELS - The present invention relates to formation of nanocubes of sillenite type compounds, such as bismuth titanate, i.e., Bi | 06-30-2011 |