| SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120021063 | CROSSLINKED MATERIAL COMPRISING ELASTIN AND COLLAGEN, AND USE THEREOF - To provide a collagen/elastin crosslinked material capable of satisfactorily corresponding to various uses such as medical materials including an artificial dermis and scaffolding materials for cell culture. The collagen/elastin crosslinked material is obtained by crosslinking a fish-derived collagen and a fish-derived elastin, and is fully capable of corresponding to various uses such as medical materials including an artificial dermis and scaffold material for cell culture. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20110262358 | MOLECULAR MARKER FOR CANCER STEM CELL - A molecular marker for detecting a cancer stem cell in a cell mass which is a subject of interest, wherein the molecular marker can be detected in a cancer stem cell contained in the subject of interest but cannot be detected in a normal cell and a cancer cell that is different from a cancer stem cell; a method for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell in a subject of interest by using the molecular marker as an measure; a kit for determining the presence or absence of a cancer stem cell, which comprises at least a reagent for detecting the molecular marker; a polypeptide encoded by the molecular marker; an antibody capable of recognizing an epitope of an expression product of a gene derived from the molecular marker; a nucleic acid capable of inhibiting the expression of the molecular marker; and a nucleic acid vaccine comprising a gene derived from the molecular marker. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110158908 | CYCLOSPORIN A-BINDING PROTEIN - Disclosed are: a composition and a method for the diagnosis and/or the treatment of a CSABP-related disease, the regulation of the proliferation of an RNA virus and the regulation of an RNA-metabolizing system, which targets a cyclosporin A-binding protein (CSABP); a method for the screening of a component that targets a CSABP; a composition and a method for the detection/inhibition of CsA, NS5B or cyclosphilin B by utilizing a CSABP; a promoter for a CSABP; a method for the screening of a substance capable of regulating the expression of a CSABP by utilizing the promoter; and a method for the determination of the occurrence or clinical stage of a CSABP-related disease. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110130341 | METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTION OF CANCER, AND THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR CANCER - The object aims to comprehensively analyze miRNA that undergoes epigenetic silencing in cancer to identify miRNA associated with cancer, elucidate the role of the identified miRNA in cancer, and develop a novel method for detecting cancer and a novel therapeutic agent for cancer both of which relate to the miRNA. Disclosed is a method for detecting cancer in a subject, which comprises detecting methylated CpG in a CpG island located in a promoter region of a microRNA 34b gene and/or a microRNA 34c gene in a biological sample collected from the subject. Also disclosed is a therapeutic agent for cancer, which comprises a nucleic acid encoding a BTG4 gene or BTG4, or comprises a nucleic acid encoding a miR-34b gene and/or an miR-34c gene or miR-34b and/or miR-34c. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110105589 | APOPTOSIS INDUCER - This invention relates to an agent, a composition and a product comprising at least one apoptosis-inducing substance, and at least one substance which inhibits expression and/or activity of an apoptosis-inhibiting substance; a method for inducing apoptosis or for treating a proliferative disease using one or more of them; a nucleic acid construct comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein to be expressed and a nucleic acid molecule which inhibits expression of an undesired protein; and a method for expressing a desired protein in a cell while inhibiting the expression of an undesired protein. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20100254953 | CELL GROWTH METHOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION FOR TISSUE REPAIR AND REGENERATION - The present invention relates to a method for growing, rapidly and massively ex vivo, cells collected from a living subject to provide a safe and effective pharmaceutical preparation for biological tissue repair/regeneration. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for growing cells in a sample collected from a living subject by culturing the cells in a medium containing allogeneic (including autogenic) serum. Preferably the allogeneic serum has been determined as being negative for a serum tumor marker and/or an infectious factors, and the amount of the anticoagulant (e.g., heparin, a heparin derivative, or a salt thereof) added to the collected sample is less than 5 U/mL with respect to the volume of the sample or the amount of the anticoagulant in the medium at the start of culture is less than 0.5 U/mL. The present invention further relates to use of the method. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100249902 | STENT AND TREATMENT DEVICE FOR TUBULAR ORGAN - The present invention provides a stent and tubular organ treatment device that can flexibly deform according to a curved portion of a tubular organ, contracts less in the longitudinal direction during insertion, and is easy to handle. A stent ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100174354 | STENT PLACEMENT DEVICE AND STENT PLACEMENT METHOD - A stent placement device and a stent placement method, despite a simple structure thereof, can surely and readily deploy a stent by placing a distal end thereof prior to a proximal end thereof, having favorably low invasiveness, and smoothly insert and arrange the stent into a desired position, without damaging an internal lumen inner wall. A placement device | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100068702 | Method for Detecting Disease-Related Marker Using Gastric Mucosal Lavage Fluid - The invention relates to a sample containing a gastric mucosa lavage fluid collected from a subject who has received a gastric mucus removal treatment and a method for detecting a disease-related marker using the same. By using the sample of the invention, the disease-related marker can be detected conveniently, less invasively, highly sensitively and highly accurately. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100016730 | EXAMINATION SYSTEM, REHABILITATION SYSTEM, AND VISUAL INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - In an examination system including a head mounted display having image pickup devices such as CCDs provided therein and a computer, coordinates of an image to be displayed in the head mounted display can be set object- or body-centered. An image captured by the image pickup device is supplied to the computer where it will be processed in a predetermined manner for display in the head mounted display. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20090281184 | PHARMACEUTICAL FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF OPHTHALMIC DISEASE INDUCED BY IN-CREASE IN VASOPERMEABILITY - A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of an ocular disease resulting from vascular hyperpermeability, for example diabetic retinopathy or age-related macular degeneration, which comprises as an active ingredient a retinoid such as all trans retinoic acid or 4-[(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)carbamoyl]benzoic acid. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090141979 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An inspection apparatus includes an imaging device and an image processing device. The imaging device photographs a specimen and outputs a color image of the specimen to the image processing device. The image processing device subjects the color image of the specimen to negative-positive reversal. After detecting a mode value of the hue the color image having been subjected to negative-positive reversal, the image processing device changes the hue of the color image in accordance with a difference between a boundary value of two predefined hues and the detected mode value. In accordance with the change of the hue, a plurality of target pixels different in the saturation is extracted and the saturation and the intensity of each pixel are changed, or the gradation of each pixel is converted so that the plurality of target pixels becomes most distant from one another in a color space. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090110273 | Image Processing Device and Image Processing Program - An inspection apparatus includes an imaging device and an image processing device. The imaging device photographs a specimen and outputs a color image of the specimen to the image processing device. The image processing device subjects the color image of the specimen to negative-positive reversal. After detecting a mode value of the hue of the color image having been subjected to negative-positive reversal, the image processing device changes the hue of the color image in accordance with a difference between a boundary value of two predefined hues and the detected mode value. In accordance with the change of the hue, a plurality of target pixels different in the saturation is extracted and the saturation and the intensity of each pixel are changed, or the gradation of each pixel is converted so that the plurality of target pixels becomes most distant from one another in a color space. | 04-30-2009 |