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| 20110236385 | BLOCKING MESOTHELIN PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS - The present invention provides mesothelin peptide fragments corresponding to the CA125 binding site of mesothelin. The peptide fragments find use in disrupting the binding interaction between mesothelin and CA 125, for example, in the treatment and prevention of cancers that require the interaction of mesothelin and CA125 for growth, progression and/or metastasis. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110165189 | RABIES VIRUS-BASED RECOMBINANT IMMUNOCONTRACEPTIVE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE - Described herein are recombinant rabies viruses comprising a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding an immunocontraceptive protein, such as gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) or zona pellucida 3 (ZP3). The recombinant rabies viruses disclosed herein are recovered by reverse genetics, replicate efficiently, elicit rabies virus neutralizing antibodies and immunocontraceptive peptide-specific antibodies in vaccinated animals, and protect vaccinated animals against wild-type rabies virus challenge. Further provided is a method of immunizing a non-human animal against rabies virus infection and simultaneously inhibiting fertility of the animal, comprising administering an immunogenic composition comprising one or more of the recombinant rabies viruses described herein. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110151582 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - Disclosed herein is a rapid and universal assay for the detection of antigen-specific antibodies in biological samples. The assay allows for the detection of antigen-specific antibodies in any species, including species for which secondary antibodies or antisera have not been developed or are not available. Biological samples to be tested are directly labeled, such as with biotin, and contacted with antigen-bound microparticles. The presence of antigen-specific antibodies in the biological samples is detected using a binding partner for the label, such as a biotin binding partner, conjugated to a detectable label, such as a fluorophore. This improved test provides a total antibody assay that is capable of detecting all classes of antibodies simultaneously. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110135715 | DEFENSIN-ANTIGEN FUSION PROTEINS - The present invention relates to a vaccine for increasing the immunogenicity of a tumor antigen thus allowing treatment of cancer, as well as a vaccine that increases the immunogenicity of a viral antigen, thus allowing treatment of viral infection, including immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In particular, the present invention provides a fusion protein comprising a defensin fused to either a tumor antigen or viral antigen which is administered as either a protein or nucleic acid vaccine to elicit an immune response effective in treating cancer or effective in treating or preventing viral infection. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110123567 | RECOMBINANT RIFT VALLEY FEVER (RVF) VIRUSES AND METHODS OF USE - Described herein are recombinant RVF viruses comprising deletions in one or more viral virulence genes, such as NSs and NSm. The recombinant RVF viruses, generated using a plasmid-based reverse genetics system, can be used as vaccines to prevent infection of RVF virus in livestock and humans. As described herein, the recombinant RVF viruses grow to high titers, provide protective immunity following a single injection and allow for the differentiation between vaccinated animals and animals infected with wild-type RVF virus. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110110883 | METHODS OF ALTERING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE INDUCED BY CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES - It is disclosed herein that agents that affect the activity and/or expression of CXCL16 can be used to alter the uptake of D-type CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (D ODNs). Methods of inducing an immune response are disclosed that include administering agents that increase the activity and/or expression of CXCL16 and a D ODN. Methods of decreasing an immune response to a CpG ODN are also disclosed. These methods include administering an agent that decreases the activity and/or expression of CXCL16. Compositions including one or more D-type ODNs and an agent that modulates that activity and/or expression of CXCL16 are provided. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110014634 | NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING T2R, A NOVEL FAMILY OF TASTE RECEPTORS - The invention provides isolated nucleic acid and amino acid sequences of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors, antibodies to such receptors, methods of detecting such nucleic acids and receptors, and methods of screening for modulators of taste cell specific G-protein coupled receptors. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100196381 | P. ARIASI POLYPEPTIDES, P. PERNICIOSUS POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE - Substantially purified salivary | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100189798 | CONTROL OF ERWINIA AMYLOVORA WITH VINYLGLYCINES AND BACTERIA THAT PRODUCE VINYLGLYCINES - This disclosure relates to methods of controlling | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100168012 | HUMAN CANCER THERAPY USING ENGINEERED MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-ACTIVATED ANTHRAX LETHAL TOXIN THAT TARGETS TUMOR VASCULATUTURE - The present invention provides methods for inhibiting tumor associated angiogenesis by administering a mutant protective antigen protein comprising a matrix metalloproteinase-recognized cleavage site in place of the native protective antigen furin-recognized site in combination with a lethal factor polypeptide comprising a protective antigen binding site. Upon cleavage of the mutant protective antigen by a matrix metalloproteinase, the lethal factor polypeptide is translocated into cancer and endothelial cells and inhibits tumor associated angiogenesis. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100151476 | PHENYLTHIOCARBAMIDE (PTC) TASTE RECEPTOR - The invention provides isolated nucleic and amino acid sequences of a taste cell receptor that serves as a sensor for the bitter taste of phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), antibodies to such PTC taste receptor, methods of detecting such nucleic and amino acid sequences, and methods of screening for modulators of such PTC taste receptor. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100021469 | FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF ADRENOMEDULLIN (AM) AND THE GENE RELATED PRODUCT (PAMP) IN HUMAN PATHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY - The methods of the present invention demonstrate that adrenomedullin (AM) is expressed in human cancer cell lines of diverse origin and functions as a universal autocrine growth factor driving neoplastic proliferation. The present invention provides for AM peptides and AM antibodies useful in therapeutic, pharmacologic and physiologic compositions. The present invention additionally provides for methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease utilizing compositions comprising the AM peptides and antibodies of the present invention. The methods of the present invention also provide for experimental models for use in identifying the role of AM in pancreatic physiology. The methods pertaining to rat isolated islets have show that AM inhibits insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner. The monoclonal antibody MoAb-G6, which neutralizes AM bioactivity, was show by the methods of the present invention to increase insulin release fivefold, an effect that was reversed by the addition of synthetic AM. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090247467 | PEPTIDE EPITOPES OF VEGFR-2/KDR THAT INHIBIT ANGIOGENESIS - The disclosure provides antigenic peptides of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2(VEGFR-2)/KDR. Pharmaceutical compositions including the peptides and/or antigen presenting cells that exhibit the VEGFR-2/KDR peptides on their cell surface are also provided. Methods for eliciting an immune response and for inhibiting angiogenesis by administering such pharmaceutical compositions are provided. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090149380 | VASOSTATIN AS MARROW PROTECTANT - Specific fragments of vasostatin are disclosed. These fragments are of use in methods of stimulating the proliferation or survival of a hematopoietic cell exposed to a chemotherapeutic agent or irradiation. Methods of stimulating the proliferation or survival of a hematopoietic cell using these fragments are also disclosed. In one embodiment, methods are disclosed for stimulating the growth or survival of a hematopoietic stem cell with a fragment of vasostatin, in the presence of a growth factor. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090142330 | Use of inactive-plasmin to treat chronic inflammatory disease and tumors - Methods are provided for the suppression of inflammation or a tumor. The methods can include selecting a subject in need of suppression of inflammation or the tumor and inhibiting plasmin activity in the subject to decrease matrix metalloproteinase production, thereby suppressing the inflammation or tumor. In several examples, an agent including inactive plasmin at a therapeutically effective concentration is administered to inhibit plasmin activity. Methods are also provided for modulating annexin A2 receptor activity. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090136548 | MULTIPLE ANTIGENIC PEPTIDES IMMUNOGENIC AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA - The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa pneumococcal surface adhesion A protein (PsaA) from | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090082299 | CODON OPTIMIZED IL-15 AND IL-15R-ALPHA GENES FOR EXPRESSION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS - The present invention provides for nucleic acids improved for the expression of interleukin-15 (IL-15) in mammalian cells. The invention further provides for methods of expressing IL-15 in mammalian cells by transfecting the cell with a nucleic acid sequence comprising a codon optimized IL-15 sequence. The present invention further provides expression vectors, and IL-15 and IL 15 receptor alpha combinations (nucleic acid and protein) that increase IL-15 stability and potency in vitro and in vivo. The present methods are useful for the increased bioavailability and biological effects of IL-15 after DNA, RNA or protein administration in a subject (e.g. a mammal, a human). | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090075882 | RECEPTOR-MEDIATED UPTAKE OF AN EXTRACELLULAR BCL-XL FUSION PROTEIN INHIBITS APOPTOSIS - Apoptosis-modifying fusion polypeptides, and the corresponding nucleic acid molecules, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these polypeptides, and the use of these polypeptides to modify apoptosis, are also provided. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20080312706 | Coil for magnetic stimulation and methods for using the same - A magnetic stimulator, which may be used as a transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) device, and a method for its use are disclosed. The stimulator comprises a frame and an electrically conductive coil having a partially toroidal or ovate base and an outwardly projecting extension portion. The frame may be a flexible or malleable material and may be non-conductive. The electrically conductive coil may comprise one or more windings of electrically conductive material (such as a wire) coupled to the frame. The coil is electrically connected to a power supply. The device may be placed adjacent to or in contact with the body of a subject, such as on the head of a subject. The device may be used on humans for treating certain physiological conditions, such as cardiovascular or neurophysiological conditions, or for studying the physiology of the body. This device is useful in studying or treating neurophysiological conditions associated with the deep regions of the brain, such as drug addiction and depression. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080306017 | Microrna-Based Methods and Compositions for the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer - The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of lung cancer. The invention also provide methods of identifying anti-lung cancer agents. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080199877 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES FOR DETECTING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE AND QUINOLONE-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE - Oligonucleotide probes for detecting Enterobacteriaceae species. Unique gyrA coding regions permit the development of probes specific for eight different species: | 08-21-2008 |
