| THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURG Patent applications |
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| 20100305198 | CATIONIC LIPIDS - This invention relates to cationic lipids. More particularly the invention relates to biodegradable cationic lipids having a plurality of cationic headgroups and one or more lipophilic tail groups. The lipids are of utility in various applications, and in particular in permitting transfection of molecules, and in particular DNA and RNA, into cells. As such the lipids have specific utility in the field of gene therapy as well as other applications such as delivery of small molecules into cells, detergents, and metal ion complexation for medical or industrial applications. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100285974 | IDENTIFICATION OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES - The present invention concerns methods of identifying extra-uterine (or ectopic) pregnancies and involves the screening of samples for the presence of certain molecules now known to be markers of extra-uterine pregnancies. The present invention provides a method for identifying an ectopic pregnancy, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sample from a subject; (b) identifying a level of one or more of: (i) inhibin/activin BETA b subunit gene (ii) activin B (iii) cysteine-rich secretory protein 3 (CRISP-3); and/or (iv) carboxypeptidase-B1 (CPB1) (v) SLP1 (vi) elafin (vii) prolactin in the sample, wherein the level of inhibin/activin BETA b subunit gene, activin B, CRISP-3, SLP1, elafin, prolactin and/or CPB1 is associated with, or indicative of, an ectopic pregnancy. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100006121 | Plasma cleaning method - The present invention relates to an improved method for cleaning using plasma In particular, the present invention relates to the plasma cleaning and decontamination of instruments for use in medicine, dentistry and food preparation whereby the soiled item is exposed to a solvent and then to a plasma, whereby this enables excitation of water within the soil itself. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090323571 | Low Power Media Access Control Protocol - A method of transmitting data from a transmitter to a receiver in an unsynchronized, ad-hoc, low-power, wireless network including: creating a packet including a header and data; and retransmitting the same created packet a plurality of times in succession. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090318402 | RUTHENIUM (II) COMPOUNDS - A ruthenium (II) compound of formula (I) wherein X is halo or a neutral or negatively charged O, N- or S-donor ligand; Y is a counterion; m is 0 or 1; q is 1, 2 or 3; A is either: (i) ( | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090200216 | STORM DRAIN FILTER - A treatment station for a water drainage conduit has a chamber with an inlet and outlet in fluid communication with upstream and downstream sections of the conduit and a sediment collection portion. Water enters the chamber via the inlet, collecting in the sediment collection portion until it reaches a level in the chamber such that it flows out of the outlet. A filter is mountable above the sediment collection portion for the upwards-flowing filtration of water passing through the chamber to remove organic contaminants. Access means are provided for removal and replacement of the filter and removal of solid material deposited in the sediment collection portion. The treatment station may also have by pass means which operate where the flow of water exceeds a rate which can flow through the filter and preliminary sediment collection chamber for collecting large quantities of sediment. Uses of the treatment station are also described. | 08-13-2009 |
