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20080200348 | Polysaccharide structure and sequence determination - The invention provides a method for the structural analysis of a saccharide, comprising: a) providing on a surface a plurality of essentially sequence- and/or site-specific binding agents; b) contacting said surface with a saccharide to be analyzed, or with a mixture comprising a plurality of fragments of said saccharide; c) washing or otherwise removing unbound saccharide or saccharide fragments; d) adding to the surface obtained in step c) an essentially sequence- and/or site-specific marker, or a mixture of essentially sequence- and/or site-specific markers; e) acquiring one or more images of the markers that are bound to said surface; and f) deriving information related to the identity of the saccharide being analyzed from said image. | 08-21-2008 |
20080220988 | Preparing carbohydrate microarrays and conjugated nanoparticles - The present invention is directed to carbohydrate microarray and conjugated nanoparticles methods of making the same. | 09-11-2008 |
20080242559 | Protein and peptide arrays - Ultrahigh resolution patterning, preferably carried out by DIP PEN™ nanolithographic printing, can be used to construct peptide and protein nanoarrays with nanometer-level dimensions. The peptide and protein nanoarrays, for example, exhibit almost no detectable nonspecific binding of proteins to their passivated portions. This work demonstrates how DIP PEN™ nanolithographic printing can be used in a method to generate high density protein and peptide patterns, which exhibit bioactivity and virtually no non-specific adsorption. It also shows that one can use AFM-based screening procedures to study the reactivity of the features that comprise such nanoarrays. The method encompasses a wide range of protein and peptide structures including, for example, enzymes and antibodies. Features at or below 300 nm can be achieved. In a preferred embodiment, parallel printing with multipen systems are used. | 10-02-2008 |
20080318808 | MASSIVELY PARALLEL SYNTHESIS OF BIOPOLYMERIC ARRAYS - Methods for fabricating dense arrays of polymeric molecules in a highly multiplexed manner are provided using semiconductor-processing-derived lithographic methods. Advantageously, the methods are adaptable to the synthesis of a variety of polymeric compounds. For example, arrays of branched peptides and polymers joined by peptide bonds may be fabricated in a highly multiplexed manner. | 12-25-2008 |
20090005267 | IMMUNOASSAY FOR CROSS-REACTING SUBSTANCES - The present disclosure provides an immunoassay involving a multiplex of antibodies that recognize the same analyte but that have a different cross-reactivity to structurally similar compounds. Data obtained from the immunoassay involving observed analyte concentrations is input into an algorithm to determine the true concentration of the analyte in a sample. | 01-01-2009 |
20090023602 | BINDING POLYPEPTIDES WITH RESTRICTED DIVERSITY SEQUENCES - The invention provides variant CDRs comprising highly restricted amino acid sequence diversity. These polypeptides provide a flexible and simple source of sequence diversity that can be used as a source for identifying novel antigen binding polypeptides. The invention also provides these polypeptides as fusion polypeptides to heterologous polypeptides such as at least a portion of phage or viral coat proteins, tags and linkers. Libraries comprising a plurality of these polypeptides are also provided. In addition, methods of and compositions for generating and using these polypeptides and libraries are provided. | 01-22-2009 |
20090082223 | METHOD AND KIT FOR THE DETERMINATION OF CELLULAR ACTIVATION PROFILES - A method for obtaining an activation profile of a biological sample by disposing onto a solid support in a pre-determined spatial arrangement a subset of capture molecules able to interact with one or more activated transcription factor(s) present in the biological sample, contacting the biological sample upon the solid support under conditions allowing their interaction, monitoring signals resulting from their interaction, and providing a cellular activation profile from the detected signals. | 03-26-2009 |
20090124517 | Microarray having a chemical library of compounds - A microarray and a process for making the microarray having a library of chemical compounds are disclosed herein. Each member of the library is attached at a known location. The microarray has a plurality of addressable electrodes and a porous reaction layer attached to each electrode. The porous reaction layer has reactive hydroxyl groups. Michael acceptors are attached to the porous reaction layer of selected electrodes. The Michael acceptors are attached at the hydroxyl groups using electrochemically-generated base that is generated by the selected electrodes and confined to the selected electrodes with the use of excess activated ester. At least one of a plurality of chemical compounds from a library of compounds is attached to the olefin of the plurality of Michael acceptors. Attachment occurs only at the selected electrodes having Michael acceptors with unreacted olefin. Each member of the library of compounds is attached to the known locations. | 05-14-2009 |
20090131277 | PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT - The present invention relates to novel mimetopes of anti-PSMA antibodies and their use for detecting, imaging, staging, treating and monitoring of prostate cancer, and/or metastatis thereof. The present invention also relates to novel pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of prostate cancer. Furthermore the present invention relates to assay systems and kits for detecting, imaging, staging, treating and monitoring of prostate cancer, and/or metastasis thereof. | 05-21-2009 |
20090131278 | NON-SPECIFIC BINDING RESISTANT PROTEIN ARRAYS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Arrays of protein-capture agents useful for the simultaneous detection of a plurality of proteins which are the expression products, or fragments thereof, of a cell or population of cells in an organism are provided. A variety of antibody arrays, in particular, are described. Methods of both making and using the arrays of protein-capture agents are also disclosed. The invention arrays are particularly useful for various proteomics applications including assessing patterns of protein expression and modification in cells. | 05-21-2009 |
20090143247 | Methods for Producing Active scFv Antibodies and Libraries Therefor - The present disclosure describes scFv antibody libraries, antibodies isolated from the libraries, and methods of producing and using the same. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143248 | Biologically active C-terminal arginine-containing peptides - The present invention concerns the separation, identification and characterization of active peptide fragments from peptones. | 06-04-2009 |
20090176664 | High density peptide arrays containing kinase or phosphatase substrates - Peptide arrays and uses thereof for diagnostics, therapeutics and research. Ultra high density peptide arrays are generated using photolithography, such as using photoresist techniques. | 07-09-2009 |
20090181863 | SCD Fingerprints - This invention relates to methods of testing, diagnosing, monitoring, prognostically stratifying and classifying disease, disorders and other medical conditions and physiological states through the detection and analysis of soluble CD antigens in a body fluid sample. | 07-16-2009 |
20090203550 | METHODS OF MAKING GLYCOMOLECULES WITH ENHANCED ACTIVITIES AND USES THEREOF - Methods to rapidly produce and identify polysaccharides, and other sugar structures, having enhanced activities, have been developed. The methods include producing a molecule, e.g., a therapeutic molecule, which includes a first, non-saccharide moiety (e.g., a protein, polypeptide, peptide, amino acid or lipid) and a second, polysaccharide, moiety. The method includes: determining the chemical composition and structure of all or a portion of the second moiety, modifying the structure of the second moiety to provide a modified second moiety, and evaluating or screening the molecule having the modified second moiety, e.g., for a biological activity or other chemical or physical property. In some embodiments, the step of determining the chemical structure and composition of the second moiety includes a comparison of one or more properties of the second moiety with a database, e.g., a database which correlates such one or more properties with structure or function of a polysaccharide. | 08-13-2009 |
20090215650 | SUBSTRATES WITH STABLE SURFACE CHEMISTRY FOR BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANE ARRAYS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for preparing a physically stable array of biological membranes, including membrane proteins, on a surface, and the resultant article of manufacture. The method comprises providing a substrate; creating either a polar surface or reactive surface by coating the substrate with a material that either: (1) enhances the stability of lipid spots during withdrawing through a water/air interface and washing and drying protocols; or (2) gives rise to minimal non-specific binding of a labeled target to a background surface, and high specific binding to a probe receptor in said membrane array, or (3) both; and depositing an array of biological-membrane microspots on the substrate. The method may further comprise applying a reagent that includes a soluable protein to stabilize the biological membranes on the surface. Also provided is an article having biological-membrane microspots that are associated in a stable fashion with a substrate surface embodying these properties. | 08-27-2009 |
20090221448 | FUSION PROTEIN MICROARRAYS AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides a microarray having one or more fusion proteins non-covalently attached to a solid support. Non-covalent attachment is achieved by designing a fusion protein having a polyanionic domain attached to a subject protein, and attaching the fusion protein to a solid support having a polycationic coating. | 09-03-2009 |
20090221449 | Presentation of Recognition Motifs by a Multivalent Matrix Grafted Onto a Solid Support - The invention relates to a method for preparing a grafted homodetic cyclopeptide forming a frame defining two surfaces, one surface being known as the upper surface and the other surface being known as the lower surface, both surfaces being grafted, characterized in the a linear peptide is synthesized, said synthesis is being carried out on modified amino acids or not, some of which include orthogonal protector groups, intramolecular cyclization of the protected linear peptide thus obtained is performed, all or part of the orthogonal protector groups are substituted by a protected precursor, and at least one molecule of therapeutic interest is grafted on one and/or the other surface of the frame by means of an oxime link. | 09-03-2009 |
20090258796 | MASSIVELY PARALLEL SYNTHESIS OF BIOPOLYMERIC ARRAYS - Methods for fabricating dense arrays of polymeric molecules in a highly multiplexed manner are provided using semiconductor-processing-derived lithographic methods. Advantageously, the methods are adaptable to the synthesis of a variety of polymeric compounds. For example, arrays of branched peptides and polymers joined by peptide bonds may be fabricated in a highly multiplexed manner. | 10-15-2009 |
20090280999 | Epitope-Captured Antibody Display - Reagents and methods for detecting target proteins in a sample are provided. The reagents include a replicable genetic package, a protein displayed on an exterior surface of the package that is expressed from a heterologous nucleic acid borne by the package, and one or more antibodies complexed with the expressed protein and which have an open binding site for a target protein. Thus, a segment of the nucleic acid encodes for an epitope that is shared by the expressed polypeptide and the target protein. The reagents can be utilized individually or as part of a library or an array to bind target proteins within protein samples to form one or more complexes. By determining the sequence of the segment of the heterologous nucleic acid of a package within a complex, one can identify the target protein since the segment encodes for an epitope that is shared by the expressed and target proteins. | 11-12-2009 |
20100022414 | Droplet Libraries - The present invention generally relates to droplet libraries and to systems and methods for the formation of libraries of droplets. The present invention also relates to methods utilizing these droplet libraries in various biological, chemical, or diagnostic assays. | 01-28-2010 |
20100120634 | COMPATIBLE DISPLAY VECTOR SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a polynucleotide vector system used during polypeptide display that can be used to facilitate transfer of pools of polynucleotides encoding antigen binding proteins of interest. The present invention also provides methods that allow seamless conversion of pools of polynucleotides encoding antigen binding proteins using a restriction enzyme digestion and ligation strategy. | 05-13-2010 |
20100130382 | Liposome, Proteoliposome, Biochip, and Method for Producing Liposome and Proteoliposome - A liposome comprising a region of a lipid bilayer membrane with different membrane thicknesses, wherein each lipid bilayer membrane region is composed of a different lipid, and a thick membrane side in the region of the lipid bilayer membrane is formed of lipid having a phase transition temperature higher than that of the lipid forming a thin membrane side in the region of the lipid bilayer membrane. A proteoliposome, wherein the above-described liposome includes membrane proteins. A biochip, wherein the above-described liposome or the above-described proteoliposome is spread on a substrate. The above-described biochip, wherein the substrate includes at least one kind selected from the group consisting of mica, SiO | 05-27-2010 |
20100160182 | Metal Ion-Based Immobilization - A method for immobilizing unmodified material using a metal-ion approach is provided wherein the material is immobilized on a surface in an active state on surface features coupled with metal-ions. | 06-24-2010 |
20100167957 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING ACTIVE SCFV ANTIBODIES AND LIBRARIES THEREFOR - The present disclosure describes scFv antibody libraries, antibodies isolated from the libraries, and methods of producing and using the same. | 07-01-2010 |
20100179073 | Immunologic assay for detection of autoantibodies to folate binding protein - The present invention is directed to an assay that detects autoantibodies to folate receptor and can be used in the clinical diagnostic testing of these autoantibodies in humans. Although there are other methods that exist to detect these autoantibodies, the assay described in the present invention has several features that offer advantages over the existing methods. Some of these features include adaptability to high-throughput processing, the use of an immunoglobulin antibody to bind autoantibodies bound to folate receptor or the use of enzyme-labeled folic acid to bind folate binding protein and use of fluorescence or chemiluminescence for detection. This assay thereby avoids the use of radioactivity and can be automated and scaled to process hundreds of samples safely and simultaneously. | 07-15-2010 |
20100184626 | ARRAYS OF BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES AND METHODS AND USE THEREOF - The present invention overcomes the problems and disadvantages associated with prior art arrays by providing an array comprising a plurality of biological membrane microspots associated with a surface of a substrate that can be produced, used and stored, not in an aqueous environment, but in an environment exposed to air under ambient or controlled humidities. Preferably, the biological membrane microspots comprise a membrane bound protein. Most preferably, the membrane bound protein is a G-protein coupled receptor, an ion channel, a receptor serine/threonine kinase or a receptor tyrosine kinase. | 07-22-2010 |
20100190661 | SERS-ACTIVE STRUCTURE FOR USE IN RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - A surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)—active structure for use in Raman scattering detection has an array of nanostructures formed on a substrate by deposition and chemical etching. The nanostructures are coated with metal nanoparticles. | 07-29-2010 |
20100190662 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER - The subject invention concerns methods using a panel of proteins to detect, diagnose, and monitor therapy during treatment of ovarian cancer in a female patient. The proteins were identified using proteomics analyses of plasma samples obtained preoperatively from ovarian cancer patients versus those of healthy control women. Such a panel has utility for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer, screening for ovarian cancer and possibly therapeutic monitoring. | 07-29-2010 |
20100210478 | MAKE AND USE OF SURFACE MOLECULES OF VARIED DENSITIES - The present invention relates to quantitative and quantity aspects of array synthesis and array uses as a device for high capacity producing synthetic molecules for off-array surface applications and as an assay device for on-array surface applications. | 08-19-2010 |
20100222236 | MULTIPLE ANTIGENIC PEPTIDE ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF HIV OR SIV TYPE RETROVIRUSES - A method for detecting at least one antibody directed against at least one primate immunodeficiency virus in a biological sample that includes contacting a biological sample with (i) at least one detection multiple antigenic peptide comprising a portion of an immunodominant region of a transmembrane protein of a primate immunodeficiency virus and (ii) at least one differentiation multiple antigenic peptide comprising a portion of a V3-loop of an envelope protein of a primate immunodeficiency virus. Also disclosed is an enzyme immunoassay that includes a first substrate to which are bound at least one of the detection multiple antigenic peptides and a second substrate to which are bound at least one of the differentiation multiple antigenic peptides. | 09-02-2010 |
20100234246 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDE LIBRARIES AND USE THEREOF - Screening libraries of peptides in different assays offers an opportunity to simultaneously interrogate intracellular signaling pathways, create reagents to further the understanding of the pathway, and to create novel forms of therapies. | 09-16-2010 |
20100292104 | Photoswitchable Method for the Ordered Attachment of Proteins to Surfaces - Described herein is a method for the attachment of proteins to any solid support with control over the orientation of the attachment. The method is extremely efficient, not requiring the previous purification of the protein to be attached, and can be activated by UV-light. Spatially addressable arrays of multiple protein components can be generated by using standard photolithographic techniques. | 11-18-2010 |
20100298169 | METHOD OF PATTERNING MOLECULES ON A SUBSTRATE USING A MICRO-CONTACT PRINTING PROCESS - The present invention relates to a method of patterning molecules on a substrate using a micro-contact printing process, to a substrate produced by said method and to uses of said substrate. It also relates to a device for performing the method according to the present invention. | 11-25-2010 |
20110028349 | Endothelial monocyte activation polypeptide II, a biomarker for use in diagnosis and treatment of brain injury - A diagnostic tool and method of diagnosing brain injury and brain injury type (traumatic vs. ischemic) by detecting the level of expression of endothelial monocyte-activating polypeptide II (EMAP-II) and comparing to a control. An increase of EMAP-II indicates the presence of traumatic brain injury and a decrease of EMAP-II indicates the presence of ischemic brain injury. Detection of EMAP-II can be done in brain tissue, biofluids such as cerebrospinal fluid or blood (including plasma and serum) | 02-03-2011 |
20110046015 | PEPTIDE IMMOBILIZATION SOLUTION AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a peptide immobilization technique which can achieve the immobilization of a satisfactory quantity of a peptide on a solid support. In the immobilization of a peptide on a solid support, a surfactant is allowed to coexist on the solid support together with the peptide. In this manner, the quantity of the peptide immobilized on the solid support can be increased. | 02-24-2011 |
20110046016 | DISPOSABLE REACTION VESSEL WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS - The present invention provides disposable, semi-reusable, or single use reaction vessels with integrated optical elements for use with diffraction based assay systems. The vessel for assaying liquids for analytes includes a housing having at least one chamber or well for receiving a liquid therein and an optical element integrally formed with the housing for directing an incident light beam towards the well or chamber and directing a light beam away from the chamber after the light beam has interacted with analytes present in the liquid. The vessel may be test tube such as a blood collection tube, with or without, an optical element but having a pattern of analyte-specific receptors located on an inner surface of the tube wall so that when a liquid is introduced into the interior of the test tube analytes present in the liquid can bind with the pattern of analyte-specific receptors. | 02-24-2011 |
20110065608 | Devices for Detecting Renal Disorders - Devices for diagnosing, monitoring, or determining a renal disorder in a mammal are described. In particular, devices for diagnosing, monitoring, or determining a renal disorder using measured concentrations of a combination of three or more analytes in a test sample taken from the mammal are described. | 03-17-2011 |
20110065609 | Methods and Kits for the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis - The present invention relates to the identification and use of proteins with clinical relevance to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In particular, the invention provides the identity of marker proteins that specifically react with RA-associated autoantibodies. Also provided are methods, arrays and kits for using these proteins in the diagnosis of RA, and in the selection and/or monitoring of treatment regimens. | 03-17-2011 |
20110071054 | Panel of monoclonal antibody containing pharmaceutical compositions - Methods, compositions, and kits relating to selecting a prophylactic or therapeutic antibody less likely to induce or aggravate an anti-antibody response in a subject administered the antibody. An antibody for administration to a subject may be selected to match, or at least more closely resemble, the allotypic phenotype of the subject's endogenous antibodies. | 03-24-2011 |
20110111985 | Biosensor - The invention provides a product comprising: a membrane-spanning protein; a lipid membrane formed from amphiphilic molecules and membrane-spanning protein molecules; and a substrate: characterised in that the membrane protein is directly coupled to the substrate. The invention also provides a method for producing such a product which i) comprises treating a substrate with a hydrophilic coating agent; providing at least one membrane-spanning protein; iii) bringing the protein into contact with the treated substrate under conditions for the coupling of the protein directly to the treated substrate; iv) adding amphiphilic molecules to the protein-coupled substrate to form a lipid membrane. The product is useful for biosensors, protein arrays and the like. | 05-12-2011 |
20110130309 | ASSAY SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - The invention is an assay designed to identify agents that modulate apoptosis. The invention provides an assay system and methods for screening for inhibitors of the Bcl-2 family of proteins. In various aspects the invention provides an assay system containing a liposome reagent and an immobilized BH3 domain peptide. In further aspects the invention provides an assay system containing mitochondria, an immobilized BH3 domain peptide and a mitochondrial binding agent, e.g. an anti-VDAC anti-body. | 06-02-2011 |
20110136695 | UNIVERSAL LIBRARIES FOR IMMUNOGLOBULIN - Libraries of immunoglobulins of interest are described, the libraries containing mutated immunoglobulins of interest in which a single predetermined amino acid has been substituted in one or more positions in one or more complementarity-determining regions of the immunoglobulin of interest. The libraries comprise a series of subset libraries, in which the predetermined amino acid is “walked through” each of the six complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of the immunoglobulin of interest not only individually but also for each of the possible combinatorial variations of the CDRs, resulting in subset libraries that include mutated immunoglobulins having the predetermined amino acid at one or more positions in each CDR, and collectively having the predetermined amino acid at each position in each CDR. The invention is further drawn to universal libraries containing one such library for each naturally-occurring amino acid as the single predetermined amino acid, totaling twenty libraries; and also to libraries of nucleic acids encoding the described libraries. | 06-09-2011 |
20110143963 | MOLECULAR AFFINITY CLAMP TECHNOLOGY AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides a molecular affinity clamp. The architecture of the affinity clamp is modular with two biorecognition modules, each capable of binding a target motif. The first biorecognition module has a recognition domain that possesses inherent or natural specificity for the target motif. The second biorecognition module also has a recognition domain that binds the motif. The two biorecognition modules are tethered together either directly, e.g., via a peptide bond between the two modules, or indirectly, e.g., via a linker moiety or linker. | 06-16-2011 |
20110166043 | BIOMARKER DETECTION-2 - Provided are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture for detecting biomarkers indicative of exposure of a mammal to organophosphate compounds. The organophosphate compound includes pesticides, their metabolites and highly reactive organophosphoryl compounds. In one aspect of the invention, the biomarker results from interaction of the organophosphate compound with a polypeptide such as a serine hydrolase that includes acetylcholiestersae. The interaction of a biomarker so derived with a optical sensor comprising a receptor bound to a biopolymer results in an optical readout that reports the presence of the biomarker. In one aspect of the invention the receptor that is bound to a biopolymer, such as a poly-di-acetylene polymer, is a antibody that selectively recognizes the biomarker. | 07-07-2011 |
20110172126 | LIBRARIES OF PEPTIDE CONJUGATES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THEM - The invention relates to peptide conjugates including at least one turn inducer wherein the turn inducer comprises a 5-7 membered saturated or unsaturated nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring and methods of making the peptides. Libraries of these peptides, methods of making the libraries are also described and methods of screening the libraries for therapeutic activity are also described. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177977 | ANTIBODIES FOR DETECTING OR MONITORING A MALIGNANT PLASMA CELL DISEASE - The present invention is directed to antibodies having specificity for a heavy chain class at the same time as having specificity for a first light chain. Such antibodies can be used in a method of detecting or monitoring a malignant plasma cell disease comprising determining in a sample the ratio between the relative amounts of immunoglobulins having:
| 07-21-2011 |
20110190168 | APOPTOSIS MODULATOR BCL-B AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - A novel human member of the Bcl-2 family Bcl-B has been identified, which is Closest in amino-acid sequence homology to the Boo (Diva) protein. The Bcl-B protein is Widely expressed in adult human tissues. The Bcl-B protein modulates apoptosis. Bcl-B also binds Bcl-2, BCl-XL, and Bax but not Bak. Bcl-B displays a unique pattern of selectivity for binding and regulating the function of other members of the Bcl-2 family. | 08-04-2011 |
20110190169 | SIMULTANEOUS ASSAY FOR DETERMINING DRUGS - Bodily fluid is analyzed for the presence of drugs of a selected panel of drugs in a simultaneous assay in which sample of the fluid is incubated with additional amounts of all drugs of the panel, antibodies specific to each of the drugs of the panel, and microparticles, the microparticles being divided into subsets, one subset for each drug in the panel and each subset distinguishable from the others. The incubation is performed in a liquid medium in which competitive binding occurs, the drugs in the sample competing with those added to the assay medium for binding to the antibodies. In one procedure, the added drugs are pre-coupled to the microparticles while the antibodies are not, and the incubation is followed by further incubating the microparticles with labeled ligands that have affinity for the antibodies. In an alternative procedure, the added drugs are not coupled to the microparticles but are pre-labeled, while the antibodies are pre-coupled to the microparticles, and the assay proceeds without further incubation. In both alternatives, the microparticles are ultimately recovered from the assay medium and from any unbound species, and the recovered microparticles are analyzed by flow cytometry to obtain indications of the presence of the various drugs in the sample in an inverse manner by detection of the label, each drug differentiable from the others by the distinguishing features of the microparticles. | 08-04-2011 |
20110224101 | Tumor associated proteome and peptidome analyses for multiclass cancer discrimination - Methods are provided for classification of cancer based on analysis of serologic biomarkers. | 09-15-2011 |
20110224102 | Eukaryotic signal sequences for polypeptide expression and polypeptide display libraries - The present invention generally relates to methods and compositions for expressing proteins or polypeptides in prokaryotic hosts using eukaryotic signal sequences. | 09-15-2011 |
20110237462 | IMMOBILIZATION SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An antibody-fragment-immobilizing substrate includes a substrate and at least one set of antibody fragments, wherein antibody fragments of each set include at least two types of separate antibody fragments, the at least two types of separate antibody fragments include at least one type of labeled antibody fragment having a labeled site labeled with a luminescent substance and at least one type of acceptor antibody fragment having an acceptor site for accepting emission from the labeled antibody fragment, and the at least one type of labeled antibody fragment and the at least one type of acceptor antibody fragment are capable of cooperatively recognizing one type of antigen in combination and are independently immobilized on the substrate in a positional relationship that allows each of the antibody fragments in one set to bind to the same antigen. | 09-29-2011 |
20110257043 | ULTRA HIGH-THROUGHPUT OPTI-NANOPORE DNA READOUT PLATFORM - Described herein are methods for analyzing polymer molecules. These methods are employed for the high throughput readout of DNA and RNA molecules with single molecule sensitivity. The method of the present invention comprises (1) the electrically controlled unzipping of DNA (or RNA) double strands, and (2) the readout of the molecule's identity (or code) using one or more molecule signal detection. | 10-20-2011 |
20110275542 | SIGNATURES AND DETERMINANTS FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN A BACTERIAL AND VIRAL INFECTION AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides methods of detecting infection using biomarkers. | 11-10-2011 |
20110294702 | TEMPLATE FIXED BETA-HAIRPIN LOOP MIMETICS AND THEIR USE IN PHAGE DISPLAY - Template-fixed β-hairpin mimetics and libraries including a plurality of these mimetics are provided. The template-fixed β-hairpin mimetics are of the following general formula: | 12-01-2011 |
20110301065 | IDENTIFYING ANTIGEN CLUSTERS FOR MONITORING A GLOBAL STATE OF AN IMMUNE SYSTEM - Method, system and an article of manufacture for clustering and thereby identifying predefined antigens reactive with undetermined immunoglobulins of sera derived from patient subjects in need of diagnosis of disease or monitoring of treatment. | 12-08-2011 |
20120021954 | FORMATION OF ORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURE ARRAY - A nanostructure array is disclosed. The nanostructure array comprises a plurality of elongated organic nanostructures arranged generally perpendicularly to a plane. | 01-26-2012 |
20120065106 | Methods and Compositions for Enhanced Protein Expression and Purification - Methods for enhancing expression levels, secretion, and purification of heterologous fusion proteins in a host cell are disclosed. | 03-15-2012 |
20120065107 | REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR USE IN CANCER DIAGNOSIS, CLASSIFICATION AND THERAPY - Methods and reagents for classifying tumors and for identifying new tumor classes and subclasses. Methods for correlating tumor class or subclass with therapeutic regimen or outcome, for identifying appropriate (new or known) therapies for particular classes or subclasses, and for predicting outcomes based on class or subclass. New therapeutic agents and methods for the treatment of cancer. | 03-15-2012 |
20120077714 | Mass Spectrometry Based Particle Separation - Certain embodiments provide a method of sample analysis that comprises: a) labeling a particle using a specific binding reagent that is cleavably linked to an elemental tag; b) flowing the labeled particle through a flow cell of a mass cytometer; c) cleaving the elemental tag from the labeled particle; d) performing elemental analysis of the cleaved elemental tag without destroying the particle, to produce data; e) matching data for the particle with the particle; and f) collecting the particle. Also provided is a specific binding reagent that is cleavably linked to an elemental tag, and a mass cytometer adapted to perform the method. | 03-29-2012 |
20120094874 | STABILIZED IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT DOMAINS - The invention refers to a multidomain modular antibody comprising at least one constant antibody domain, which is mutated to form an artificial disulfide bridge by introducing at least one Cys residue into the amino acid sequence through mutagenesis of said constant domain to obtain an intra-domain or inter-domain disulfide bridge within the framework region, libraries based on such antibodies and methods of producing. | 04-19-2012 |
20120108468 | Cell-based arrays, methods of making, and methods of using - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for arrays, systems, and methods for the analyzing cells, methods of making arrays, and the like. | 05-03-2012 |
20120122736 | SENSORS INCORPORATING ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A sensor comprising an electronic circuit electrically coupled to a type III-V semiconductor material, for example indium arsenide (InAs) and an antibody contacting the type III-V semiconductor material. The sensor produces measurable N changes in the electrical properties of the semiconductor upon antibody-antigen binding events. Electrical properties measurable by the electronic device may include resistivity, capacitance, impedance, and inductance. A method of detecting an antigen using sensors of the invention. A method of detecting a reaction of an analyte to a stimulus using sensors of the invention. Sensor arrays comprising multiple sensors of the invention. | 05-17-2012 |
20120142558 | DIAGNOSTIC LUNG CANCER PANEL AND METHODS FOR ITS USE - Disclosed herein are novel diagnostic lung cancer panels and the use of these panels to diagnose, predict, and characterize lung cancer and to monitor or predict treatment efficacy. | 06-07-2012 |
20120142559 | BIOMARKERS AND PARAMETERS FOR HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY - The application discloses new test panels comprising biomarkers and clinical parameters, for the prediction, diagnosis, prognosis and/or monitoring of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and particularly preeclampsia; and related methods, uses, kits and devices. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149600 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS - Contemplated microfluidic devices and methods are drawn to protein arrays in which distinct and detergent-containing antigen preparations are deposited onto an optical contrast layer in a non-specific and non-covalent manner. Detection of binding a is carried out using a dye that precipitates or agglomerates to so form a visually detectable signal at a dynamic range of at least three orders of magnitude. | 06-14-2012 |
20120165230 | BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED CYCLIC AFFINITY TAGS - Described are novel ways of introducing an affinity tag into a protein of interest. Provided is an enzymatic method for providing a proteinaceous substance comprising a polypeptide of interest and a cyclic affinity tag, comprising: (a) providing at least one precursor proteinaceous substance, the precursor comprising the protein of interest and at least one motif of the general formula X1-Tag-X2, wherein X1 and X2 represent amino acids whose side chains can be linked enzymatically by a covalent bond; Tag is a short amino acid sequence capable of binding to a binding partner of the tag when cyclized; (b) contacting the precursor with at least one enzyme capable of forming a covalent bond between X1 and X2, thereby introducing an intramolecular ring structure comprising the Tag sequence; and (c) isolating the resulting cyclized proteinaceous substance. Also provided are proteinaceous substances obtainable thereby and the use thereof, for instance, for preparing a peptide library. | 06-28-2012 |
20120202713 | CONSTRUCTS AND LIBRARIES COMPRISING ANTIBODY SURROGATE LIGHT CHAIN SEQUENCES - The invention concerns constructs and libraries comprising antibody surrogate light chain sequences. In particular, the invention concerns constructs comprising VpreB sequences, optionally partnered with another polypeptide, such as, for example, antibody heavy chain variable domain sequences, and libraries containing the same. | 08-09-2012 |
20120214710 | METHOD OF PREDICTING RESPONSE TO THALIDOMIDE IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS - A method of predicting response to thalidomide, or thalidomide analogs, in an individual with cancer, especially cancers for which thalidomide has been implicated as a treatment, such as Multiple Myeloma (MM) employs one or more of a panel of biomarkers that have been shown to be differentially expressed in cancer patients that respond to thalidomide (hereafter “Responders”) relative to cancer patients that do not respond to thalidomide (hereafter “Non-responders). The method involves assaying a biological sample from the individual to determine the abundance of at least three biomarkers including Vitamin-D binding protein precursor (VDB) (Sequence ID 1) and Serum amyloid A protein (SAA) (Sequence ID 3), and at least one of beta-2-microglobulin (B2M) (Sequence ID 4), Haptoglobin (Hp) precursor (fragment) (Sequence ID 5), and zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein (ZAG) (Sequence ID 2). Correlation of the abundance value for the at least three biomarkers with a reference abundance value from a Responder or Non-responder enables predication of response to thalidomide for the patient. | 08-23-2012 |
20120238476 | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC PANELS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Novel compositions, methods, assays and kits directed to a diagnostic panel for Alzheimer's disease are provided. In one embodiment, the diagnostic panel includes one or more proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease. | 09-20-2012 |
20120238477 | METHODS FOR SYNTHESIS OF AN OLIGOPEPTIDE MICROARRAY - An oligopeptide microarray and methods for the synthesis thereof are presented. Further presented is a microarray on a solid support comprising at least about 10,000 oligopeptide features per cm | 09-20-2012 |
20120238478 | PROTEIN MARKERS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF OVARIAN AND BREAST CANCER - Plasma samples of ovarian and breast cancer patients were used to search for markers of cancer, using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and MALDI TOF mass spectrometry. Truncated forms of cytosolic serine hydroxymethyl transferase (cSHMT), T-box transcription factor 3 (Tbx3) and utrophin were aberrantly expressed in samples from cancer patients, as compared to samples from noncancer cases. Aberrant expression of proteins was validated by immunoblotting of plasma samples with specific antibodies to cSHMT, Tbx3 and utrophin. A cohort of 79 breast and 39 ovarian cancer patients, and 31 individuals who were either healthy or had noncancerous conditions was studied. We observed increased expression of truncated cSHMT, Tbx3 and utrophin in plasma samples obtained from patients at early stages of disease. The results indicate that cSHMT, Tbx3, utrophin and truncated forms thereof can be used as components of multiparameter monitoring of ovarian and breast cancer. | 09-20-2012 |
20120245057 | WHOLE PROTEOME TILING MICROARRAYS - The present invention relates to a microarray comprising at least 50,000 oligopeptide features per cm | 09-27-2012 |
20120258890 | NS1-NP Diagnostics of Influenza Virus Infection - The present application describes methods for assessing influenza infection, including prognosis. An assay that determines the amount of the NS1 and NP proteins of influenza virus shows enhanced sensitivity and reliability compared to either antigen alone. Many formats employ pan-specific antibodies (i.e., that react with all or at least with multiple strains within an influenza type). | 10-11-2012 |
20120264652 | DIRECTED HETEROBIFUNCTIONAL LINKERS - A heterobifunctional linker that comprises (a) a moiety capable of reversibly coupling the linker to a selected epitope of a target molecule; and (b) a moiety or moieties capable of irreversibly coupling the linker to the target, and optionally a moiety or moieties capable of irreversibly coupling the linker to a solid surface. Also described is a method of orienting molecules, such as proteins, with respect to a surface and to each other, employing such a linker, and an array of such oriented molecules, which may be the same or different. | 10-18-2012 |
20120270752 | ANALYZING THE EXPRESSION OF BIOMARKERS IN CELLS WITH MOMENTS - Cell profile data is stored. The cell profile data comprises multiplexed biometric images capturing the expression of a plurality of biomarkers by at least one tissue sample from a patient with respect to at least one field of view. Individual cells are delineated and segmented into compartments. At least one cell feature is calculated based on the cell's expression of each of a plurality of biomarkers. A first moment is calculated for each cell feature. The moments are examined for an association with a diagnosis, a prognosis of a response to treatment of a condition or disease. Apparatus for performing the foregoing steps are disclosed. | 10-25-2012 |
20120277122 | GFABS: GFP-Based Biosensors Possessing the Binding Properties of Antibodies - A family of GFP scaffolds capable of accommodating two proximal, randomized binding loops is disclosed. GFP-based binders binding with nanomolar affinity are developed from a library of these GFP scaffolds. | 11-01-2012 |
20120283143 | Compositions and methods for antibody and ligand identification - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methodology, and kits thereof for identifying particular disease-associated antibodies partially based on comparative binding to a mimotope array. Isolation of identified disease-associated antibodies and uses thereof are also described. | 11-08-2012 |
20120302464 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING RECOMBINANT PROTEINS - Methods for producing recombinant cell populations are disclosed. The disclosed methods may be used to produce therapeutic polyclonal proteins. | 11-29-2012 |
20120316085 | ANTIBODY HUMANIZATION BY FRAMEWORK ASSEMBLY - An improved method for producing humanized antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof is described. The method, designated framework-assembly, bypasses the reliance on structural biology and the construction of large libraries. It is easier to implement and more efficient than the rational design and empirical methods. Also described are humanized antibodies produced by the method and related framework-assembly library. | 12-13-2012 |
20130005611 | Arrays Of Biological Membranes And Methods And Use Thereof - The present invention overcomes the problems and disadvantages associated with prior art arrays by providing an array comprising a plurality of biological membrane microspots associated with a surface of a substrate that can be produced, used and stored, not in an aqueous environment, but in an environment exposed to air under ambient or controlled humidities. Preferably, the biological membrane microspots comprise a membrane bound protein. Most preferably, the membrane bound protein is a G-protein coupled receptor, an ion channel, a receptor serine/threonine kinase or a receptor tyrosine kinase. | 01-03-2013 |
20130012415 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF MALARIA - Biomarkers for predicting the severity of malaria and methods for their detection are disclosed. In one aspect, the present application discloses CXCL4, CXCL10, VEGF, PGDF, IL-1Ra, IL-8, MIP-1β, sFas, Fas-L, sTNF-R2, and sTNF-R1 as biomarkers for the severity of malaria. In another aspect, the present application discloses a method for determining the severity of malaria and predicting mortality due to cerebral malaria. The method comprises the detection of the biomarkers CXCL4 and/or CXCL10 and at least one more biomarker and determining the severity of malaria and predicting mortality due to cerebral malaria based upon the ratio of expression of the biomarkers in the subject versus the expression of the biomarkers in a control. | 01-10-2013 |
20130029879 | Methods and Systems for Cell State Quantification - Systems, methods, libraries, kits, and computer software tools are provided for designing and producing engineered cells. Such engineered cells can be used for cell state quantification, such as genome, transcriptome and/or proteome quantification. In one aspect, an engineered cell having a plurality of artificially designed oligonucleotides introduced into the genome of the cell is provided. The oligonucleotides are each located in proximity of a gene of interest encoding a protein of interest, and are different from one another. The oligonucleotides can each encode a unique peptide tag for each protein of interest, wherein each peptide tag has a unique quantitatively measurable value such as mass-to-charge ratio which can be quantified by a mass spectrometer. The engineered cell is capable of expressing a plurality of proteins of interest each fused to its corresponding unique peptide tag, wherein each peptide tag is capable of being released therefrom. | 01-31-2013 |
20130040861 | NOVEL METHODS OF CONSTRUCTING LIBRARIES COMPRISING DISPLAYED AND/OR EXPRESSED MEMBERS OF A DIVERSE FAMILY OF PEPTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES OR PROTEINS AND THE NOVEL LIBRARIES - Methods useful in constructing libraries that collectively display and/or express members of diverse families of peptides, polypeptides or proteins and the libraries produced using those methods are disclose. Methods of screening those libraries and the peptides, polypeptides or proteins identified by such screens are also disclosed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130079249 | GLYCOSYLATION ASSAY, GLYCOANALYSIS ARRAY AND AN ASSAY SYSTEM - An improved glycosylation assay, glycoanalysis array and an assay system for performing glycosylation assays glycoanalysis array. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079250 | Compound Arrays for Sample Profiling - The invention provides arrays of compound for use in profiling samples. The arrays include compounds bind to components of the samples at relatively low affinities. The avidity of compounds binding to components of the samples can be increased by forming arrays such that multivalent components of the samples (e.g., antibodies or cells) can bind to more than one molecule of a compound at the same time. When a sample is applied to an array under such conditions, the compounds of the array bind to component(s) of the sample with significantly different avidities generating a profile characteristic of the sample. | 03-28-2013 |
20130090263 | FLUORESCENT PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - The invention is directed to polypeptides having a fluorescent activity, e.g., an auto-fluorescent activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The polypeptides of the invention can be used as noninvasive fluorescent markers in living cells and intact organs and animals. The polypeptides of the invention can be used as, e.g., in vivo markers/tracers of gene expression and protein localization, activity indicators, fluorescent resonance energy transfer (FRET) markers, cell lineage markers/tracers, reporters of gene expression and as markers/tracers in protein-protein interactions. | 04-11-2013 |
20130109595 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING MOLECULAR ARRAYS | 05-02-2013 |
20130130939 | PORTABLE PHOTONIC SENSOR SYSTEM AS AN EARLY DETECTION TOOL FOR OVARIAN CANCER - A guided mode resonance (GMR) sensor that can be used to simultaneously detect an array of analytes. It provides a diagnostic system that can rapidly detect an array of biomarker proteins in patient samples (such as blood, serum or plasma for example) which can be used as an accurate means to conduct a differential analysis of proteins that allows the discrimination of early and late stages of disease, such as metastatic versus primary ovarian serous carcinomas. The GMR sensor can be provided in a compact size such that it can be portable. | 05-23-2013 |
20130150264 | Methods, Kits and Compositions Pertaining to the Suppression of the Detectable Probe Binding to Randomly Distributed Repeat Sequences Genomic Nucleic Acid - This invention is directed to methods, kits, non-nucleotide probes as well as other compositions pertaining to the suppression of binding of detectable nucleic acid probes to undesired nucleotide sequences of genomic nucleic acid in assays designed to determine target genomic nucleic acid. | 06-13-2013 |
20130157900 | STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS - The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for screening a plurality of polypeptide variants. | 06-20-2013 |
20130210677 | REAGENTS AND METHODS FOR USE IN CANCER DIAGNOSIS, CLASSIFICATION AND THERAPY - Methods and reagents for classifying tumors and for identifying new tumor classes and subclasses. Methods for correlating tumor class or subclass with therapeutic regimen or outcome, for identifying appropriate (new or known) therapies for particular classes or subclasses, and for predicting outcomes based on class or subclass. New therapeutic agents and methods for the treatment of cancer. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210678 | MOESIN FRAGMENTS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for detecting and monitoring autoimmune diseases. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217600 | METHODS OF DETERMINING EFFICACY OF TREATMENTS OF DISEASES OF THE BOWEL - Novel methods of determining efficacy of a treatment of inflammatory diseases of the bowel in mammals are provided. The methods are of use in screening and determining the efficacy of treatments of inflammatory diseases of the bowel, and for determining the efficacy response of individual sufferers of inflammatory diseases of the bowel to a given regime. Kits for carrying out the method are also provided. | 08-22-2013 |
20130225448 | LATERAL FLOW ASSAYS USING TWO DIMENSIONAL FEATURES - The present invention relates to novel lateral flow devices using two dimensional features, preferably, uniform two dimensional test and control features, and the methods for detecting an analyte using the lateral flow devices, and processes for making the lateral flow devices. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225449 | LATERAL FLOW ASSAYS USING TWO DIMENSIONAL FEATURES - The present invention relates to novel lateral flow devices using two dimensional features, preferably, uniform two dimensional test and control features, and the methods for detecting an analyte using the lateral flow devices, and processes for making the lateral flow devices. | 08-29-2013 |
20130274145 | Anti-TNF Alpha Fibronectin Type III Domain Based Scaffold Compositions, Methods and Uses - A protein scaffold based on a consensus sequence of the tenth fibronectin type III (FN3) repeat from human fibronectin, preferably human Tenascin, that binds to human TNFα including isolated nucleic acids that encode a protein scaffold, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. | 10-17-2013 |
20130296195 | Selectively Functionalized Arrays - Methods, substrates, and devices related to arrays of optical confinements having surfaces with high levels of bias. Substrates having transparent or silica based portions and opaque or reflective portions are treated with 1) a selective passivating agent, that selectively coats the opaque or reflective regions, 2) a functionalizing agent such as a coupling agent, and 3) a selective removal agent, which selectively removes functionalizing agent from the passivated opaque or reflective surfaces. | 11-07-2013 |
20130303405 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ANALYSIS SUBSTRATE, AND USE THEREOF FOR DETECTING TOXINS - The présent invention relates to a method for manufacturing an analysis device including torpédo membrane fragments immobilized at the surface thereof, to the resulting analysis device, and to the use of said device for detecting, purifying, and characterizing molécules acting on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. The présent invention is useful in the field of monitoring seafood, monitoring neurotoxic phytoplankton for the shellfish industry, monitoring the quality of bathing waters along tourist beaches, the field of monitoring fresh water reserves, the field of médical research, the field of the biological analysis and characterization of molécules, e.g., non-radioactive assays of the movement of the ligand-receptor bond on an ELISA-type microplate, thereby enabling compétitive agonists and antagonists of targets to be detected, e.g., of highly sensitive receptors. | 11-14-2013 |
20130303406 | ENGINEERING OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN DOMAINS - The present invention provides a single domain antibody (sdAb) scaffold comprising one or more than one non-canonical disulfide bond in the framework region (FR). The one or more than one non-canonical disulfide bond may be formed between cysteines introduced by mutations in FR2 and FR3. In the case where the sdAb scaffold is a V | 11-14-2013 |
20130310281 | NOVEL ANTIGEN BINDING PROTEINS - The present invention provides novel antigen-binding proteins derived from human germline V | 11-21-2013 |
20140038852 | USE OF BIOMARKERS FOR DETECTING OVARIAN CANCER - The present invention relates to a method of qualifying ovarian cancer status in a subject comprising: (a) measuring at least one biomarker in a sample from the subject and (b) correlating the measurement with ovarian cancer status. The invention further relates to kits for qualifying ovarian cancer status in a subject. | 02-06-2014 |
20140045727 | Polymer Conjugate Enhanced Bioassays - Incorporation of modified branched polymers in one or more components of assays enhances sensitivity, specificity or both, providing powerful point of use tests. | 02-13-2014 |
20140057807 | FIBRONECTIN CRADLE MOLECULES AND LIBRARIES THEREOF - The here described invention discloses a combination of a top and bottom loop binder library using the CD and the FG loops of a number of FnIII domains (FnIII) (e.g., FnIII | 02-27-2014 |
20140080739 | Nanobeads With Multiple Oriented Adapting Peptides For Binding To Capture Molecules - Provided is a capture nanobead with multiple oriented adapting peptides, comprising: a nanobead; and multiple adapting peptides, each adapting peptide specifically recognizing an IgG constant region or fragment thereof and being chemically conjugated with the nanobead, whereby the adapting peptides are orientedly arranged on the nanobead. The capture nanobeads is capable of binding or conjugating with capture molecules such capture antibodies, which is useful as the basis to bind to alternative antibodies or Fab fragments in sandwich immunoassays. | 03-20-2014 |
20140094391 | BIO-NANO-CHIPS FOR ON-SITE DRUG SCREENING - A bio-nano-chip (BNC) technology that works in connection with non-invasive samples, such as saliva, cheek swab or urine samples that can be easily performed by non-specialists, such as security personnel and police officers is disclosed. The microfluidic system for drug testing includes an analyzer or reader having a housing containing a slot for receiving a cartridge, a drug testing cartridge, a processor having a user interface, an optical or energy sensing means, and a means for moving fluid. | 04-03-2014 |
20140135236 | MATRIX FOR RECEIVING A TISSUE SAMPLE AND USE THEREOF - A custom-made matrix suitable for receiving a tissue sample is described as well as the use thereof to obtain a multiplex histological preparation. The invention also relates to a multiplex biopsy array comprising tissue and/or cell samples arranged in a matrix material and to a method for the preparation of a multiplex biopsy array. Methods for preparing blocks of matrix material to be used in multiplex biopsy arrays are also described, as well as methods for loading biopsy samples in said blocks, and methods for treating and processing said blocks to form biopsy arrays. The biopsy arrays made using the block of matrix material can be used to prepare sections and slides for histological procedures, including quantitative analyses and parallel processing. | 05-15-2014 |
20140162906 | Pesticide Biomarker - Provided are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture for detecting biomarkers indicative of exposure of a mammal to organophosphate compounds. The interaction of such a biomarker with a receptor bound to a biopolymer results in an optical readout that reports the presence of the biomarker. | 06-12-2014 |
20140187444 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING AND MODULATING O-GLYCOSYLATION - The invention relates to methods and products for modulating glycosylation of proteins. The invention is useful for identifying therapeutic compounds to treat glycosylation-associated disorders such as neurodegeneration, diabetes, including complications of diabetes such as insulin resistance, nephropathy, microvascular damage, and endothelial dysfunction. The invention is also useful for identifying therapeutic compounds to treat de-glycosylation-associated disorders such as ischemic damage and traumatic injury. The invention also relates in part to assays that are useful for identifying and testing candidate compounds for modulating glycosylation of proteins and also relates in part to compounds to treat glycosylation-associated diseases and disorders. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187445 | ANTIBODY-BASED ARRAYS FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE SIGNAL TRANSDUCERS IN RARE CIRCULATING CELLS - The present invention provides antibody-based arrays for detecting the activation state and/or total amount of a plurality of signal transduction molecules in rare circulating cells and methods of use thereof for facilitating cancer prognosis and diagnosis and the design of personalized, targeted therapies. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187446 | AFFINITY-BASED DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL TARGETS - A method of biochemical identification by: providing a plurality of capture species bound to one or more substrates and suspected of having one or more biological targets affinity bound to at least one capture species; detecting which capture species contain bound biological targets to generate a binding pattern; and identifying the biological target based on the binding pattern. The capture species are independently selected from the group consisting of antimicrobial peptides, cytotoxic peptides, antibiotics, and combinations thereof. A device having the capture species bound to the substrates. At least two of the capture species are capable of multi-specific binding to one or more biological targets and may have overlapping but not identical affinity properties. | 07-03-2014 |
20140194325 | RECOGNITION OF CELLULAR TARGET BINDING BY A BIOACTIVE AGENT USING INTRACELLULAR BIOLUMINESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER - The present invention provides compositions and methods for detection and analysis of intracellular binding of a bioactive agent to a cellular target. In particular, provided herein are bioactive agents tethered to fluorophores, cellular targets fused to bioluminescent reporters, and methods of detecting and analyzing the interaction of bioactive agents with cellular targets therewith. | 07-10-2014 |
20140206580 | PROTEIN MICROARRAY ASSAY IMAGER - An approach is described that combines distinct properties of a specialized porous nitrocellulose film (PNC) with quantum nanoparticles to create an improved assay and detection sensitivity, permitting the development of a camera-based imaging system for fluorescent detection of macromolecules in microarray format. The two properties of PNC that facilitate the approach are an extraordinarily high binding capacity and a newly observed internal scattering of light. Quantum nanoparticles complement these PNC properties by providing a higher level of emitted light than the fluorescent dyes in common microarray use. Overall, the approach allows for instrument cost savings, reduced imaging time, and the ability to remotely image. | 07-24-2014 |
20140235507 | Protein Chips for High Throughput Screening of Protein Activity - The present invention relates to protein chips useful for the large-scale study of protein function where the chip contains densely packed reaction wells. The invention also relates to methods of using protein chips to assay simultaneously the presence, amount, and/or function of proteins present in a protein sample or on one protein chip, or to assay the presence, relative specificity, and binding affinity of each probe in a mixture of probes for each of the proteins on the chip. The invention also relates to methods of using the protein chips for high density and small volume chemical reactions. Also, the invention relates to polymers useful as protein chip substrates and methods of making protein chips. The invention further relates to compounds useful for the derivatization of protein chip substrates. | 08-21-2014 |
20140235508 | NUCLEIC ACID LINKER - A nucleic acid linker is for producing a complex of mRNA and a protein encoded by that mRNA, comprising one 3′-terminal region and two branched 5′-terminal regions, wherein the 3′-terminal region comprises a single-stranded polynucleotide segment able to hybridize with the sequence on the 3′-terminal side of the mRNA, and an arm segment that branches off from the single-stranded polynucleotide segment and has a linking segment with the protein on the terminal thereof, and one of the two 5′-terminal regions has a binding site with the 3′-terminal of the mRNA. | 08-21-2014 |
20140256596 | MODULATION OF STRUCTURED POLYPEPTIDE SPECIFICITY - The invention describes peptide ligands specific for human plasma Kallikrein. | 09-11-2014 |
20140287962 | MOTOR PROTEIN DEVICE - [Problem] To provide a motor protein device capable of efficiently transporting and detecting a target antibody. | 09-25-2014 |
20140303041 | IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES FOR NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY AND OTHER NEURAL DISORDERS - The present invention relates to an exemplary in vitro diagnostic (IVD) device used to detect the presence of and/or severity of neural injuries or neuronal disorders in a subject. The IVD device relies on an immunoassay which identifies biomarkers that are diagnostic of neural injury and/or neuronal disorders in a biological sample, such as whole blood, plasma, serum, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The inventive IVD device may measure one or more of several neural specific markers in a biological sample and output the results to a machine readable format wither to a display device or to a storage device internal or external to the IVD. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303042 | Multi-Reaction Biosensor - Provided is a multi-reaction biosensor capable of generating various kinds of reaction signals through introduction of a sample at a time. | 10-09-2014 |
20140315759 | MOLECULAR NETS ON SOLID PHASES - Disclosed is a covalently-linked multilayered three-dimensional matrix comprising capture molecules, linkers and spacers (referred to as a Molecular Net) for specific and sensitive analyte capture from a sample. Also disclosed herein is a Molecular Net comprising covalently-linked multilayered three-dimensional matrix comprising more than one type of capture molecule and more than one type of linker and may comprise one or more spacer for specific and sensitive capture of more than one type of analyte from a sample. A Molecular Net may comprise a pseudorandom nature. Use of various capture molecules, linkers and spacers in a Molecular Net may confer unique binding properties to a Molecular Net. Porosity, binding affinity, size exclusion abilities, filtration abilities, concentration abilities and signal amplification abilities of a Molecular Net may be varied and depend on the nature of components used in its fabrication. Uses of a Molecular Net may include analyte capture, analyte enrichment, analyte purification, analyte detection, analyte measurement and analyte delivery. Molecular Nets may be used in liquid phase or on solid phases such as nanomaterials, modified metal surfaces, nanospheres, microspheres, microtiter plates, slides, pipettes, cassettes, cartridges, discs, probes, lateral flow devices, microfluidics devices, microfluidics devices, optical fibers and others. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315760 | PHOTONIC BLOOD TYPING - Photonic devices, systems, and methods for detecting an analyte in a biological solution (e.g., whole blood) are provided. Representative photonic devices are optical ring resonators having nanoscale features and micron-sized diameters. Due to the compact size of these devices, many resonators can be disposed on a single substrate and tested simultaneously as a sample is passed over the devices. Typical analytes include blood cells, antibodies, and pathogens, as well as compounds indicative of the presence of blood cells or pathogens (e.g., serology). In certain embodiments, blood type can be determined through photonic sensing using a combination of direct detection of blood cells and serology. By combining the detection signals of multiple devices, the type of blood can be determined. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315761 | KITS FOR DETERMINING MALE FERTILITY BY MEASURING LEVELS OF a2v-ATPASE, G-CSF, MIP 1 alpha, MCP-1, AND METHODS AND KITS FOR IMPROVING REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOMES IN ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION PROCEDURES - The present invention provides a kit for determining male fertility including a container system containing a plurality of enzyme-linked antibodies one of each capable of binding to analytes Atp6v0a2, G-CSF, MIP 1α, and MCP-1. The kit further includes suitable packaging and a set of instructions for using the enzyme-linked antibodies with a seminal sample to determine the fertility of the sample. | 10-23-2014 |
20140323356 | GLYCOSIDASE ENZYMES - A thermostable glycosidase enzymes derived from various | 10-30-2014 |
20140329721 | ASSAY PANELS - Described herein are kits and components thereof used for a multiplexed analysis of a set of cytokines. | 11-06-2014 |
20140342947 | Compositions and methods for entrapping protein on a surface - The present invention provides a formulation to link protein to a solid support that comprises one or more proteins, Oligo-dT and one or more non-volatile, water-soluble protein solvents, solutes or combination thereof in an aqueous solution. Further provided is a method of attaching a protein to a surface of a substrate. The formulations provided herein are contacted onto the substrate surface, printed thereon and air dried. The substrate surface is irradiated with UV light to induce thymidine photochemical crosslinking via the thymidine moieties of the Oligo-dT. | 11-20-2014 |
20140349888 | Substrates, Peptide Arrays, and Methods - Disclosed herein are formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed herein are methods for manufacturing and using the formulations, substrates, and arrays. Also disclosed are methods for identifying peptide sequences useful for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, and methods for using the peptide sequences for diagnosis and treatment of disorders, e.g., celiac disorder. In certain embodiments, substrates and arrays comprise a porous layer for synthesis and attachment of polymers or biomolecules. | 11-27-2014 |
20140364341 | PREDICTIVE MARKERS AND BIOMARKERS FOR OVARIAN CANCER - Methods are provided for predicting the presence, subtype and stage of ovarian cancer, as well as for assessing the therapeutic efficacy of a cancer treatment and determining whether a subject potentially is developing cancer. Associated test kits, computer and analytical systems as well as software and diagnostic models are also provided. | 12-11-2014 |
20140371106 | COMPOSITION - The invention provides light-emitting compositions, including lasing and fluorescent compositions. The invention particularly relates to programmable biological substrates, which fluoresce and/or lase, and which have a wide variety of different applications. The invention extends to use of the fluorescent compositions and lasing compositions comprising programmable biological substrates in fabricating lasers, and in various biological imaging applications, such as in assays. | 12-18-2014 |
20140378347 | DIAGNOSTIC TEST - Disclosed are methods for conducting diagnostic tests for the detection of the inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Also described are methods for monitoring a patient by administering tests of the present invention. Also described are methods for monitoring patient's treatment by administering tests of the present invention. Also described are methods for evaluating the effectiveness of a drug or a drug candidate by administering tests of the present invention to samples from patients, animal models, and cell cultures treated with a drug or a drug candidate. Also disclosed are methods for determining the usefulness of analytes, e.g. cytokines, for acting as diagnostic and monitoring markers for inflammatory bowel disease in the various methods of the invention. | 12-25-2014 |
20150011433 | BIS-BIOTINYLATION TAGS - Multi-biotinylated reactants are provided which can be used in divalent complexes for various applications such as colocalization, labeling, immobilization, and purification. Methods for constructing, purifying, and using the bis-biotinylated reactants are also provided. In certain embodiments, two bis-biotinylated reactants are bound to a single streptavidin tetramer to provide a complex having a 1:1 stoichiometry with respect to the bis-biotinylated reactants. | 01-08-2015 |
20150018250 | Symmetrically Branched Polymer Conjugates and Microarray Assays - Modified symmetrically branched polymers are combined with bioactive agents for a variety of purposes including drug delivery and conjugation to one member of a binding pair for use in an assay. | 01-15-2015 |
20150018251 | PROTEIN CHIPS, PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to the field of medicine, in particular of research and diagnosis. It relates more particularly to a novel tool for detecting antibodies in a biological sample originating from a mammal. This tool, which is in the form of a protein chip, can be used in screening for new targets of interest involved in the occurrence of an autoimmune disease, in particular of a disease affecting the nervous system of a mammal, and also in the diagnosis or the monitoring of the progression of such an autoimmune disease. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a tool and also to kits comprising it and enabling its use. | 01-15-2015 |
20150024973 | BIOMARKER FOR THE PREDICTION OF RESPONSIVENESS TO AN ANTI-TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA (TNF) TREATMENT - The invention refers to a method for diagnosing an individual who is to be subjected to or is being subjected to an anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα or TNF) treatment to asses the responsiveness to an anti-TNF treatment which comprises the detection of immunoglobulin(s) against one or more biomarker proteins in a bodily fluid or an excrement of said patient, and sorting the individual into one of two categories based on detection of said immunoglobulin(s), wherein individuals are classified as NON-responder or responder. The invention refers to diagnostic kits comprising said one or more biomarker proteins and the use of these kits for assessing the responsiveness to an anti-TNF treatment of an individual who is to be subjected to or is being subjected to an anti-TNFα treatment. | 01-22-2015 |
20150051115 | BIOMARKERS OF BRAIN INJURY - The present invention relates to the field of biomarkers. More specifically, the present invention relates to biomarkers useful in diagnosing brain injuries. Brain injury can include overt or traumatic brain injury, as well as subclinical brain injury (SCI). In one embodiment, a method for diagnosing SCI in a patient comprises (a) collecting a sample from the patient, (b) measuring the levels of a panel of biomarkers in the sample collected from the patient, wherein the panel of biomarkers comprises ASTN1, BAI3, CNDP1, ERMIN, GFAP, GRM3, KLH32, MAGE2, NRG3, NRGN, OMG, SLC39A12, RTN1, and MT3; and (c) comparing the levels of the panel of biomarkers with predefined levels of the same panel of biomarkers than correlate to a patient having SCI and predefined levels of the same panel of biomarkers that correlate to a patient not having SCI, wherein a correlation to one of the predefined levels provides the diagnosis. | 02-19-2015 |
20150057190 | ENCODING OF MICROCARRIERS - Encoded microcarriers, and more specifically microcarriers having codes written on them. Methods for writing the codes on the microcarriers, methods of reading the codes, and methods of using the encoded microcarriers. A preferred method of encoding the microcarriers involves exposing microcarriers containing a bleachable substance to a high spatial resolution light source to bleach the codes on the microcarriers. The encoded microcarriers may be used, for example, as support materials in chemical and biological assays and syntheses. | 02-26-2015 |
20150065395 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING HISTIDINE PHOSPHORYLATION - A peptide is disclosed of the general structure: Z—W—Y, wherein Z and Y are independently a one to eight amino acid sequence wherein the amino acids are selected from glycine and alanine and W is a non-hydrolyzable pHis analogue. Such peptides can be used to produce sequence-independent anti-phosphohistidine antibodies. Also provided are antibodies that specifically bind to a peptide comprising a phosphohistidine (or a non-hydrolyzable pHis analogue) but fail to specifically bind to an identical peptide containing histidine instead of phosphohistidine. | 03-05-2015 |
20150119288 | KITS FOR MULTIPARAMETRIC PHOSPHO ANALYSIS - As disclosed herein, the present invention provides for kits and a composition for diagnosis, prognosis, drug discovery, drug development, and patient stratification. The kits can comprise a plurality of binding elements for cell surface markers, and a plurality of binding elements for state-specific intracellular markers. The kits can further comprise a plurality of modulators directed for the particular cell function or signaling pathways. The kits can further include fixatives, permeabilizing agent, buffers, containers, instructions, and software for data analysis/compilation. | 04-30-2015 |
20150126408 | ANTI-ANTIBODY REAGENT - An anti-antibody reagent for use in a competitive or sandwich simplex or multiplex assay, said reagent comprising one or more labeled anti-antibodies for the primary antibodies to be determined in the assay, the reagent further comprising a corresponding unlabeled anti-antibody in an excess or near excess concentration with respect to their binding partners. | 05-07-2015 |
20150322123 | LIPOCALIN FUSION PARTNERS - Methods and systems for producing fusion proteins and peptides are disclosed. Fusion proteins and peptides created using the methods are also provided. Also provided are methods of using the fusion proteins and peptides produced according to the present disclosure. | 11-12-2015 |
20150322423 | PROTEIN ALIGNMENT METHOD - A method for aligning proteins is provided. The method for aligning the proteins ( | 11-12-2015 |
20150323551 | BIOMARKERS FOR LIVER FIBROSIS - Methods and systems for diagnosing or prognosing liver fibrosis in a subject are provided. In some examples, such methods and systems can include detecting liver fibrosis-related molecules in a sample obtained from the subject, comparing expression of the molecules in the sample to controls representing expression values expected in a subject who does not have liver fibrosis or who has non-progressing fibrosis, and diagnosing or prognosing liver fibrosis in the subject when differential expression of the molecules between the sample and the controls is detected. Kits for the diagnosis or prognosis of liver fibrosis in a subject are also provided which include reagents for detecting liver fibrosis related molecules. | 11-12-2015 |
20150353943 | FUSION PROTEINS COMPRISING IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT DOMAIN-DERIVED SCAFFOLDS - This disclosure features fusion proteins comprising a base protein linked to or incorporated in a CH2 scaffold of IgG. The CH2 scaffold can derive from the macaque CH2 domain of IgG. The fusion proteins can effectively bind a single or multiple targets, and can be engineered to regulate effector functions as desired. The fusion proteins can have an increased serum half-life, solubility, stability, protease resistance, and/or expression as compared to the scaffolds alone and/or as compared to the base protein alone. This disclosure also features fusion proteins comprising a base protein, a CH2 scaffold and a discrete polyethylene glycol (dPEG) linked to the scaffold via a serine, tyrosine, cysteine, lysine, or a glycosylation site of the scaffold. This disclosure additionally features scaffolds linked to a discrete polyethylene glycol (dPEG) via a serine, tyrosine, cysteine, or lysine of the scaffolds or a glycosylation site of the scaffold. | 12-10-2015 |
20150355192 | A NOVEL AFFINITY PEPTIDE LIBRARY OF IGG CONSTRUCTED BASED ON PROTEIN A AFFINITY MODEL AND THE APPLICATION OF THE DESIGN METHOD THEREOF - An affinity ligand peptide library of IgG constructed on the basis of Protein A affinity model and the application of a design method thereof According to the Molecular Mechanics—Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM/PBSA) method and on the basis of the known human IgG-Protein A complex structure, the hot spots of Protein A that have high affinity for human IgG are obtained analytically, and a Protein A simplified affinity model is built thereof. An affinity peptide library of IgG is constructed including heptapeptide and octapeptide structural modes. On the basis of the peptide structural modes, the types of inserted amino acids that ‘X’ residues represent are further identified using amino acid location method. Then, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation methods are used to screen the candidate peptides successively. Finally, the affinity peptide ligands that can effectively purify IgG are identified using affinity chromatography. | 12-10-2015 |
20150368319 | FIBRONECTIN TYPE III DOMAIN PROTEINS WITH ENHANCED SOLUBILITY - Provided herein are polypeptides comprising a modified fibronectin type III (Fn3) domain, wherein the amino acid corresponding to residue 58 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is mutated, and wherein the solubility is enhanced relative to the solubility of a Fn3 domain in which the amino acid corresponding to residue 58 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is not mutated. Also provided are libraries comprising a plurality of the polypeptides and a method for identifying a polypeptide that binds to a target. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369816 | Polypeptide Immobilization - The present invention provides a method, comprising (a) providing a reactant ligand attached to a substrate; (b) contacting the substrate with a fusion polypeptide, said fusion polypeptide comprising a capture polypeptide fused to a display polypeptide under conditions such that said reactant ligand covalently binds to said capture polypeptide; and (c) analyzing said display polypeptide. | 12-24-2015 |
20150376603 | METHOD FOR ENGINEERING IMMUNOGLOBULINS - The present invention relates to a method for engineering an immunoglobulin comprising a variable domain and at least one modification in at least two structural loops of said immunoglobulin and determining the binding of said immunoglobulin to an epitope of an antigen, wherein the unmodified immunoglobulin does not significantly bind to said epitope, comprising the steps of: providing a nucleic acid encoding an immunoglobulin comprising at least two structural loops, modifying at least one nucleotide residue of each of said structural loops, transferring said modified nucleic acid in an expression system, expressing said modified immunoglobulin, contacting the expressed modified immunoglobulin with an epitope, and determining whether said modified immunoglobulin binds to said epitope, immunoglobulins produced by such a method and libraries of immunoglobulins. | 12-31-2015 |
20150377898 | WHOLE PROTEOME TILING MICROARRAYS - The present invention relates to a microarray comprising at least 50,000 oligopeptide features per cm | 12-31-2015 |
20160003833 | SPECIFIC BIOMARKER SET FOR NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF LIVER CANCER - Cells within liver tumour mass comprise a unique set of proteins/tumour antigens when compared to the normal liver tissues epithelial cells juxtaposed to the tumour. The presence of tumour antigens couples the production of auto-antibodies against these tumour antigens. The present invention relates to the identification and elucidation of a protein set that can act as a novel marker set for liver cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Specifically, it relates to a kit that enables diagnostic and prognostic measurement of auto-antibodies in serum of liver cancer patients. The present invention provides a non-invasive, specific, sensitive, and cost effective detection and quantification method by evaluating a set of validated liver cancer proteins/tumour antigens, which includes Bmi-1, VCC1, SUMO-4, RhoA, TXN, ET-1, UBE2C, HDGF2, FGF21, LECT2, SOD1, STMN4, Midkine, IL-17A or IL26, to complement the conventional diagnostic methods. | 01-07-2016 |
20160003854 | GENETICALLY ENCODED FLUORESCENT SENSORS FOR DETECTING INTRACELLULAR SIGNALLING THROUGH DIACYLGLYCEROL PATHWAYS - Described herein are novel fluorescent sensors for Diacyl Glycerol (DAG) and hosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) that are based on circularly permuted fluorescent proteins. These sensors use less visible spectrum than FRET-based sensors, produce robust changes in fluorescence, and can be combined with one another, or with other sensors, in amultiplex assay on standard fluorescent plate readers or live cell imaging systems. | 01-07-2016 |
20160018402 | IDENTIFICATION OF CANCER PROTEIN BIOMARKERS USING PROTEOMIC TECHNIQUES - The claimed invention describes methods to diagnose or aid in the diagnosis of cancer. The claimed methods are based on the identification of biomarkers which are particularly well suited to discriminate between cancer subjects and healthy subjects. These biomarkers were identified using a unique and novel screening method described herein. The biomarkers identified herein can also be used in the prognosis and monitoring of cancer. The invention comprises the use of leptin, prolactin, OPN and IGF-II for diagnosing, prognosis and monitoring of ovarian cancer. | 01-21-2016 |
20160024184 | MODIFIED STEFIN A SCAFFOLD PROTEINS - The invention provides novel scaffold proteins for the display of peptides such as peptide aptamers. The novel scaffold proteins are modifications of Stefin A or STM (a variant of Stefin A) and are useful as scaffold proteins and as display systems. | 01-28-2016 |
20160024463 | BIOMATRIX SCAFFOLDS FOR INDUSTRIAL SCALE DISPERSAL - The present invention provides biomatrix scaffolds for industrial scale dispersal. | 01-28-2016 |
20160033493 | FILTRATION DEVICE FOR ASSAYS - A device and method for filtering blood is disclosed herein. The device can filter blood and attach analytes within the blood to magnetic particles. The analytes can then be strongly bound to an analyzing device by a magnetic force. The analytes can then be counted by the analyzing device and the result can be displayed. | 02-04-2016 |
20160046665 | Peptide Ligand with Antibody Selectivity and the Application Thereof - This invention discloses a peptide ligand with antibody selectivity and the application thereof. The peptide ligand with antibody selectivity comprises peptide ligand consisted of a sequence with 4 to 6 amino acids. The peptide ligand with antibody selectivity is able to bind with the hydrophobic region at the bottom of antibody's Fc region through non-covalent bonding. The mentioned peptide ligand with antibody selectivity can be applied to biochip for antibody oriented immobilization, and the biochip can provide high recognition efficiency to antigen. Besides, the mentioned peptide ligand with antibody selectivity can be applied as antibody purification material for purifying antibody with respective peptide ligand with antibody selectivity. | 02-18-2016 |
20160047818 | KIT FOR PREDICTING IMPLANTATION SUCCESS IN ASSISTED FERTILIZATION - A kit for determining for a female subject the implantation potential of embryos obtained or to be obtained by assisted fertilization is described. The kit includes at least one reagent suitable for detection of levels of FF G-CSF or FF G-CSF mRNA, such as anti-G-CSF antibody or a nucleic acid probe for detection of levels of G-CSF mRNA. The kit may also include a set of concentration standards of FF G-CSF and aspirator tips for removing an oocyte and follicular fluid. | 02-18-2016 |
20160054309 | Polymer Conjugate Enhanced Bioassays - Modified branched polymers are combined with bioactive agents which are one member of a binding pair for use in an assay. | 02-25-2016 |
20160084852 | METHODS OF DETERMINATION OF ACTIVATION OR INACTIVATION OF ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (ANP) AND BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (BNP) HORMONAL SYSTEMS - An in vivo method of determining activation or inactivation of the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) hormonal systems, the method comprising simultaneously detecting the presence or amount of atrial and brain natriuretic peptide prohormones (proANP and proBNP) or fragments thereof in a sample. | 03-24-2016 |
20160097766 | Assay supports comprising a peg support, said support attached from a peg solution in cloud point (theta solvent) conditions - Assay supports, such as microarrays and similar devices, and methods of use and manufacture thereof, are described. The assay support is capable of assaying binding and/or activity of a bioactive entity, such as a bioactive molecule or a cell. Analytical and diagnostic uses of the supports are also described. | 04-07-2016 |
20160116466 | Rapid Screening Assay for Qualitative Detection of Multiple Febrile Illnesses - A single-use multiplex, or assay, screening test for the detection of one or more of a plurality of unrelated febrile illnesses is provided. The febrile illnesses for which the test is designed are unrelated, in that the illnesses may be caused, by way of example, by infection from viruses, bacterium and/or parasites; by infection from viruses, bacterium, parasites or other contagions that are animal borne; by infection from viruses, bacterium, parasites, or other contagions that can be aerosolized for transmission; by infection from viruses, bacterium, parasites or other contagions that are transmitted from direct contact; by infection from viruses, bacterium, parasites or other contagions that are generally transmitted in the tropics and/or subtropics; and/or by infection from a virus, bacteria, parasite sharing one or more related feature and which causes a febrile illness. The assay test provides rapid results to a point of care center or other facility requiring such results to facilitate treatment and or containment of the illnesses. | 04-28-2016 |
20160116484 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING KIDNEY DISEASES - The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing, predicting and monitoring kidney disorders. In particular, the present invention relates to the diagnosis, prediction and monitoring of kidney disorders by detection of cytokines, cytokine-related compounds and chemokines in urine. The present invention further relates to methods and compositions for assessing the efficacy of agents and interventions used to treat kidney disorders. | 04-28-2016 |
20160146812 | METHOD OF DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING CIRCULATING ANTIGENS IN HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES - Disclosed herein is a method of detecting and identifying antigens that are shed into human bodily fluids during infection. The disclosed method allows circulating antigens associated with a particular infection to be detected within minutes or hours from testing as compared to days required with the current methods. Methods of identifying diagnostic indicators/targets for a given condition or disease are disclosed which include immunizing a verterinary subject with biological fluids obtained from a human infected with particular antigens to identify diagnostic targets for immunoassay. Also disclosed are methods of diagnosing and monitoring a | 05-26-2016 |
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20160187334 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A SUBSTANCE IN BODILY FLUID - Various devices, systems and methods for determining a parameter of and/or detecting chemical and biological substances in bodily fluid are described herein. A device or system may include a substrate. An active sensor having an electrical characteristic and/or a control sensor may be disposed on the substrate. In certain variations, a differential between a first signal from the active sensor, and a second signal from the control sensor may be used to determine a parameter of the chemical or biological substance in the sample of bodily fluid. | 06-30-2016 |
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