| UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH Patent applications |
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| 20110263435 | GENETIC MARKERS FOR BOAR TAINT - Genetic markers are disclosed with a useful association with boar taint that can be used for screening and selection of pigs for those with more favorable boar taint characteristics associated with androstenone/skatole metabolism. Specific polymorphic alleles of the 3αHSD, 3βHSD, CYP17A1, CYP2A, CYP2E1, CYTB5, BAC-CT and/or SULT1A1 genes are disclosed for tests to screen pigs to determine those more likely to produce desired boar taint traits. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262400 | PROBIOTIC BACTERIAL MOLECULES AND THEIR USE IN METHODS TO TREAT/PREVENT INFECTION BY HARMFUL BACTERIA AND TO PROVIDE NUTRITIONAL HEALTH - This invention provides isolated and characterized secreted molecules from probiotic bacteria for use in compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of infection by harmful pathogenic bacteria. The isolated secreted molecules can also be used in nutritional or medical food products which provide probiotics to the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110165224 | VACCINES FOR INCLUSION BODY HEPATITIS - A composition comprising an isolated fowl adenovirus (FAdV), wherein the FAdV is a strain selected from FAdV-2, FAdV-7, FAdv-8a, FAdV-8b, FAdV-8a/8b or FAdV-11 serotype strains; and a suitable carrier and methods for inducing protective immunity in a subject and/or its progeny. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110143399 | DNA JOINING METHOD - The present invention provides a method to directionally clone any linear template DNA molecule into any linearized vector. The vector ends may be generated from any restriction enzyme cleavage. The method does not require a ligation step nor the use of carefully controlled conditions as is required with methods involving specific exonucleases alone. It has been determined that specific DNA polymerases are able to efficiently join one or more linear DNA molecules sharing ends with appropriate complementation. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110055975 | NITROGEN-REGULATED SUGAR SENSING GENE AND PROTEIN AND MODULATION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a nitrogen-regulated GATA transcription factor gene required for sugar sensing and the modulation of the expression of this gene to modulate a characteristic in a plant. The GATA transcription factor of the present invention is involved in regulating sugar sensing in plants and its expression is influenced by nitrogen status. Increased expression of this or substantially similar genes can produce plants with improved nitrogen utilization and increased yield. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110002951 | Modified Leukotoxin Gene and Protein - The present invention provides nucleic acid sequences encoding a modified leukotoxin protein, wherein the modification comprises the removal of nucleic acid sequences encoding amino acids within hydrophobic transmembrane domains of full length leukotoxin protein, preferably from | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100330125 | NOVEL POLYSACCHARIDE IMMUNOGENS FROM CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE - The application relates to | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100255022 | VACCINE AGAINST CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS - There is provided a vaccine for controlling | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100055164 | SYNTHETIC LUNG SURFACTANT AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to synthetic lung surfactant compositions that contain one or more of phospholipase-resistant phospho-glycerol derivatives, phospholipase-resistant phospho-choline derivatives, and surface active proteins or peptides, more preferably a combination of at least two or all three of these materials. Novel phospholipase-resistant phospho-glycerol derivatives, phospholipase-resistant phospho-choline derivatives, and surface active peptides are also disclosed herein. Uses of the surfactant compositions of the present invention to treat endogenous surfactant dysfunctional or deficient lung tissue, to prepare synthetic peptides for use in the surfactant compositions, and to deliver therapeutic agents are also disclosed. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20090276919 | NITROGEN-REGULATED SUGAR SENSING GENE AND PROTEIN AND MODULATION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a nitrogen-regulated GATA transcription factor gene required for sugar sensing and the modulation of the expression of this gene to modulate a characteristic in a plant. The GATA transcription factor of the present invention is involved in regulating sugar sensing in plants and its expression is influenced by nitrogen status. Increased expression of this or substantially similar genes can produce plants with improved nitrogen utilization and increased yield. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090221539 | METHOD OF DETECTING AND REDUCING BOAR TAINT USING NUCLEAR RECEPTORS - A method for preventing or reducing boar taint, a method of screening pigs to determine those more likely to have reduced boar taint and a method for screening substances that enhance skatole metabolism or androstenone in a pig, are disclosed These methods involve the use of the nuclear receptors constitutive androstane receptor, pregnane X receptor and farnesoid X receptor, which have been found to modulate the activity of the enzymes involved in skatole and/or androsterone metabolism | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090024375 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LEVINTHAL PROCESS INDUCTION FROM KNOWN STRUCTURE USING MACHINE LEARNING - A method is provided for predicting the structure of a macromolecule by modeling the folding process from the unfolded to the folded state based on machine learning a training set of known structures. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20080254486 | Prion Sensors for Diagnosis of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy or for Detection of Prions, and Use Thereof - Disclosed are prion sensors that may be used as a diagnostic tool to diagnose TSE, or to detect PrP | 10-16-2008 |
