| Texas Tech University System Patent applications |
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| 20110091507 | SCHISTOSOMIASIS VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - No effective vaccine exists for the devastating parasitic disease of Schistosomiasis. The present invention focuses on Sm-p80, a functionally important antigen of | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110061289 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO PRODUCE BIODIESEL FUEL - A method of manufacturing a biodiesel fuel that comprises generating micro-droplets of a first reactant and mixing the micro-droplets of the first reactant with a second reactant that is substantially immiscible with the first reactant. The method also comprises transferring the mixture of the first reactant and second reactant into a transesterification reaction vessel. The first reactant is one of an alcohol or oil, and the second reactant is the other of the oil or the alcohol. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20100289879 | Remote Contactless Stereoscopic Mass Estimation System - A contactless system and method for estimating the mass or weight of a target object is provided. The target object is imaged and a spatial representation of the target animal is derived from the images. A virtual spatial model is provided of a characteristic object of a class of object to which the target object belongs. The virtual spatial model is reshape to optimally fit the spatial representation of the individual animal. Finally, the mass or weight of the target object is estimated as a function of shape variables characterizing the reshaped virtual object. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100144030 | Method and Apparatus for Gender Selection Based on pH - The present invention includes methods and apparatus to separate X or Y-chromosome bearing sperm cells in a population by first placing the population of sperm cells at physiological pH environment, and simultaneously contacting the population of sperm cells with one or more additional sub-environments with different pH values. The exposure allows mobile sperm cells bearing X or Y-chromosome to migrate to the different pH sub-environments, wherein each cell only exposed or come in contact with one pH sub-environment. Finally, the collecting X or Y-chromosome enriched population of sperm cells is performed. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100099731 | Use of Endothelial Interrupters in the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases - In various embodiments, the present invention relates generally to methods of treating at least one neurodegenerative disease by administering a medicament comprising an endothelial interrupter. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20090203003 | INHIBITION OF METALLO-BETA-LACTAMASE - A method to identify a high affinity nucleic acid ligand to inhibit the activity of a lactamase enzyme. The method comprises several steps that initially involve preparing a candidate mixture of nucleic acids. The candidate mixture of nucleic acids is then allowed to make contact with the lactamase enzyme under controlled conditions of temperature, ionic strength and pH; the combination forms a candidate-enzyme mixture. The target nucleic acids are partitioned from the remainder of the candidate mixture. The target nucleic acids that have been partitioned are amplified to yield a pool of nucleic acids enriched with target nucleic acid sequences. The enriched pool of target nucleic acids have a relatively higher affinity and specificity for binding to the lactamase, whereby nucleic acid ligand of the lactamase are identified. Nucleic acid ligands that inhibit an activity of lactamase. The lactamase includes class B, metallo-β-lactamase. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090092708 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESERVING FOOD - The present invention includes a method for extending the shelf-life of one or more foods by exposure to one or more pulses of microwave radiation for at least seven (7) seconds. The present invention may also be used to reduce pathogenic organisms in food. The one or more foods may be packaged within a container, sealed and stored. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20080241281 | Compositions & methods for activation and inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm development - Botanical extracts and derivative compositions are described for activating or inhibiting the formation and development of bacterial biofilms. Gymnemic acids and other associated saponins are isolated from botanical extractions of the | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080213350 | Encapsulation of nucleic acids in liposomes - Complexes of nucleic acid and cationic polymer, which are encapsulated in liposomes for the purpose of delivering nucleic acid and methods for producing encapsulated complexes. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080197450 | AMORPHOUS CARBON METAL-TO-METAL ANTIFUSE WITH ADHESION PROMOTING LAYERS - A metal-to-metal antifuse having a lower metal electrode, a lower thin adhesion promoting layer disposed over the lower metal electrode, an amorphous carbon antifuse material layer disposed over the thin adhesion promoting layer, an upper thin adhesion promoting layer disposed over said antifuse material layer, and an upper metal electrode. The thin adhesion promoting layers are about 2 angstroms to 20 angstroms in thickness, and are from a material selected from the group comprising Si | 08-21-2008 |
