22nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090136484 | Novel antibody molecules and nucleic acids - An scFv peptide comprising a V | 2009-05-28 |
20090136485 | Methods and compositions for inhibiting CD32B expressing cells - The present invention relates to immunoglobulins that bind FcγRIIb+ cells and coengage the antigen on the cell's surface and an FcγRIIb on the cell's surface, methods for their generation, and methods for using the immunoglobulins. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136486 | Biomarkers for human papilloma virus-associated cancer - Cervical cancer cells and HPV | 2009-05-28 |
20090136487 | BMX MEDIATED SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN IRRADIATED VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM - Provided are methods for modulating the proliferation of cells and tissues. In some embodiments, the methods include administering to a subject an effective amount of a modulator of a biological activity of a bone marrow X kinase (Bmx) gene product. Also provided are methods for increasing the radiosensitivity of a target cell or tissue, methods for suppressing tumor growth, methods for inhibiting tumor blood vessel growth, and compositions that include modulators of a biological activity of a bone marrow X kinase (Bmx) gene product. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136488 | Inhibition of cancer metastasis - P-Selectin on platelets and endothelium binds cell surface chondroitin sulfate (CS) proteoglycans, which are abundantly and stably expressed on the surface many cancer cells. Binding of the cancer cells through the CS moieties may be blocked to inhibit the interaction of cancer cells with platelets and endothelium. The present inventors disclose compositions and methods for the inhibition of cancer metastasis. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136489 | METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS, AND PROGNOSIS OF CANCER - We have discovered that antizyme inhibitor (AZI) is expressed at increased levels in highly proliferating cells. We have also discovered that inhibiting antizyme inhibitor, including inhibiting its expression, reduces the growth of cancer cells. The present invention is directed to the use of inhibitors of antizyme inhibitor for the treatment of cancer, the use of antizyme inhibitor for the diagnosis and prognosis of cancer, and methods for identifying novel cancer treatments. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136490 | OVR110 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USE - The invention provides isolated anti-ovarian, pancreatic, lung or breast cancer antigen (Ovr110) antibodies that internalize upon binding to Ovr110 on a mammalian in vivo. The invention also encompasses compositions comprising an anti-Ovr110 antibody and a carrier. These compositions can be provided in an article of manufacture or a kit. Another aspect of the invention is an isolated nucleic acid encoding an anti-Ovr110 antibody, as well as an expression vector comprising the isolated nucleic acid. Also provided are cells that produce the anti-Ovr110 antibodies. The invention encompasses a method of producing the anti-Ovr110 antibodies. Other aspects of the invention are a method of killing an Ovr110-expressing cancer cell, comprising contacting the cancer cell with an anti-Ovr110 antibody and a method of alleviating or treating an Ovr110 expressing cancer in a mammal, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the anti-Ovr110 antibody to the mammal. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136491 | IL-17 homologous polypeptides and therapeutic uses thereof - The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides having sequence identity with IL-17, IL-17 receptors and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention. Further provided herein are methods for treating degenerative cartilaginous disorders and other inflammatory diseases. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136492 | THERAPY OF OCULAR DISORDERS - The present application describes therapy of ocular disorders using antagonists, such as antibodies, that bind to CD20. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136493 | MODIFIED FUSION MOLECULES FOR TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC DISEASE - The present invention comprises a fusion molecule comprising a Fcε fragment sequence including functionally active CH2, CH3 and CH4 domains of the constant region of an IgE heavy chain (CHε2-CHε3-CHε4 sequence) linked at its C-terminus to the N-terminus of a second polypeptide including functionally active hinge, CH2 and CH3 domains of the constant region of an IgG | 2009-05-28 |
20090136494 | Combination therapies employing GITR binding molecules - The present invention provides combination therapies that employ a GITR binding molecule in combination with one or more additional agents. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136495 | ANTI-HEPCIDIN ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF - Monoclonal antibodies are provided that selectively bind human hepcidin-25 and are characterized as having high affinity for human hepcidin-25 and strong human mature hepcidin neutralizing properties. The antibodies of the invention are useful therapeutically for increasing serum iron levels, reticulocyte count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, and/or hematocrit in a human and for the treatment and diagnosis of mature hepcidin-promoted disorders such as anemia, in a human subject. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136496 | CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT - Provided herein are methods for identifying a subject afflicted with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who is responsive to treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent by detecting the presence or absence of at least one APOE4 allele in the subject, the presence of an APOE4 allele identifying the subject as responsive to the treatment. Also provided are methods of treating a subject afflicted with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including administering an estrogenic agent, an androgen withdrawal agent, an apoE4 peptide or mimetic thereof, and/or a chemotherapeutic agent in an amount effective to treat said chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Methods of determining a prognosis for a patient diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia are also provided. In addition, methods for stratifying a subject into a subgroup of a clinical trial and methods for identifying a patient in a clinical trial of a treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia are herein provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136497 | Methods for inhibiting cutaneous inflammation and hyperpigmentation - This invention provides a method of preventing or treating in a subject contact dermatitis which comprises administering to the subject an amount of a compound capable of inhibiting the stem cell factor signaling pathway effective to prevent or treat contact dermatitis so as to thereby prevent or treat contact dermatitis in the subject. This invention also provides a method of preventing or treating in a subject hyperpigmentation, asthma, cutaneous inflammation, anaphylaxis and bronchospasm, mastocytosis, tumors which express activated kit, and conception. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136498 | Method for Manufacturing Recombinant Polyclonal Proteins - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a recombinant polyclonal protein composition, in particular a recombinant polyclonal antibody composition. The method comprises obtaining a collection of cells transfected with a library of variant nucleic acid sequences, wherein each call in the collection is transfected with and capable of expressing one member of the library, which encodes a distinct member of a polyclonal protein that binds a particular antigen and which is located at the same single site in the genome of individual cells in said collection, wherein said nucleic acid sequence is not naturally associated with said cell in the collection. The cells are cultured under suitable conditions for expression of the polyclonal protein, which is obtained from the cells or culture supernatant. The nucleic acid sequence id introduced into the cells by transfection with a library of vectors for site-specific integration. The present method is suitable for manufacturing recombinant polyclonal antibodies, thereby making available a superior replacement of plasma-derived therapeutic immunoglobulin products. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136499 | RAF Inhibitors and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides imidazooxazole and imidazothiazole compounds and their synthesis. The compounds of the present invention are capable of inhibiting the activity of RAF kinase, such as B-RAF | 2009-05-28 |
20090136500 | Humanized PAI-1 Antibodies - The present application relates to compositions of humanized anti-PAI-1 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof which convert PAI-1 to its latent form. One aspect relates to antibodies having one or more modifications in at least one amino acid residue of at least one of the framework regions of the variable heavy chain, the variable light chain or both. Another aspect relates to antibodies which bind and neutralize PAI-1 by converting PAI-1 to its latent form or increasing proteolytic cleavage. Another aspect relates to the use of humanized antibodies which inhibit or neutralize PAI-1 for the detection, diagnosis or treatment of a disease or condition associated with PAI- | 2009-05-28 |
20090136501 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING COAGULATION RELATED DISORDERS - Disclosed are methods for preventing or treating sepsis, a sepsis-related condition or an inflammatory disease in a mammal. In one embodiment, the method includes administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one humanized antibody, chimeric antibody, or fragment thereof that binds specifically to tissue factor (TF) to form a complex in which factor X or factor IX binding to the complex is inhibited and the administration is sufficient to prevent or treat the sepsis in the mammal. The invention has a wide spectrum of useful applications including treating sepsis, disorders related to sepsis, and inflammatory diseases such as arthritis. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136502 | Preventives/Remedies for Cancer - The present invention provides a drug containing a substance that inhibits a function of RET, such as an antibody against RET. In addition, the present invention provides a drug containing a substance that inhibits a function of GDNF, such as an antibody against GDNF. Moreover, the present invention provides a drug containing a substance that inhibits a function of GFRα1, such as an antibody against GFRα1. The drug of the present invention is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of breast cancer and the like, an inhibitor of cancer cell growth and the like. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136503 | TRAIL RECEPTOR-BINDING AGENTS AND USES OF THE SAME - This invention relates generally to the preparation of TRAIL receptor-binding agents and uses of the same. In particular, the present invention relates to the preparation of anti-TRAIL receptor antibodies which recognize a common antigen determinant (i.e., epitope) shared by TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2 receptors and their use for TRAIL receptor detection and modulation of TRAIL receptor-mediated function. The TRAIL receptor-binding agents are useful to induce apoptosis in human cancer cells. These targets may either express one or both TRAIL-R1 or TRAIL-R2. The invention provides for the use of the TRAIL receptor-binding agents of the invention in cancer therapy. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136504 | Diagnostic and therapeutic target PRKX proteins for neurodegenerative diseases - The present invention discloses a dysregulation of a PRKX gene and the protein products thereof in Alzheimer's disease patients and individuals being at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Based on this finding, the invention provides methods for diagnosing and prognosticating Alzheimer's disease in a subject, and for determining whether a subject is at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Furthermore, this invention provides therapeutic and prophylactic methods for treating and preventing Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders using a PRKX gene and its corresponding gene products. Screening methods for modulating agents of neurodegenerative diseases are also disclosed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136505 | Intranasal Administration of Active Agents to the Central Nervous System - Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for delivering a polypeptide to the central nervous system of a mammal via intranasal administration are provided. The polypeptide can be a catalytically active protein or an antibody, antibody fragment or antibody fragment fusion protein. The polypeptides are formulated with one or more specific agents. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136506 | Conserved Membrane Activator of Calcineurin (CMAC), a Novel Therapeutic Protein and Target - The invention discloses the first known function and biological activity of the hypothetical protein MGC14327, now designated cMAC, which is herein identified as an important controller of T-cell activation. It is contemplated herein that cMAC is a suitable drug target for the development of new therapeutics to treat cMAC-associated disorders. The invention relates to methods to treat said pathological conditions and to pharmaceutical compositions therefore. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise modulators with inhibitory or agonist effect on cMAC protein activity and/or cMAC gene expression. The invention also relates to methods to identify compounds with therapeutic usefulness to treat said pathological conditions, comprising identifying compounds that can inhibit or agonize cMAC protein activity and/or cMAC gene expression. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136507 | HBM variants that modulate bone mass and lipid levels - The present invention relates to methods and materials used to express an HBM-like polypeptide derived from HBM, LRP5 or LRP6 in animal cells and transgenic animals. The present invention also relates to transgenic animals expressing the HBM-like polypeptides. The invention provides nucleic acids, including coding sequences, oligonucleotide primers and probes, proteins, cloning vectors, expression vectors, transformed hosts, methods of developing pharmaceutical compositions, methods of identifying molecules involved in bone development, and methods of diagnosing and treating diseases involved in bone development and lipid modulation. In preferred embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods for treating, diagnosing and preventing osteoporosis. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136508 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING COLON AND GASTRIC CANCERS - Objective methods for detecting and diagnosing Colorectal and gastric carcinomas are described herein. In one embodiment, the diagnostic method involves the determining a expression level of colon or gastric cancer-associated gene that discriminate between colon or gastric cancer and normal cell. The present invention further provides methods of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of colonic cancer and method of vaccinating a subject against colon or gastric cancer. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136509 | Use of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Antagonists for the Treatment or Prevention of Osteoarthritic Conditions - Methods for treating or preventing osteoarthric conditions using Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) antagonists are disclosed. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136510 | Inhibition of macrophage-stimulating protein receptor (RON) and methods of treatment thereof - The invention provides antibodies or fragments thereof, including human antibodies, specific for Macrophage-Stimulating Protein Receptor (MSP-R or RON), which inhibit RON activation. Also provided are methods to inhibit RON, particularly the use of RON antibodies to treat diseases such as cancer. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136511 | Interleukin-15 Antagonist Peptide - Current invention is related to the molecular pharmacology branch particularly to a peptide belonging to the Interleukin-15 sequence (IL-15) which is able to inhibit IL-15 biological activity, analogues or mimetic of such peptides. In the current invention it is shown that the peptide inhibits both IL-15-induced T cells proliferation upon binding to the IL15 receptor α subunit (IL15Rα) and TNFα-mediated apoptosis. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136512 | CXCL13 Antagonists and Their Use for the Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases - Methods of treating disorders related to CXCL13 activity utilize CXCL13 antagonists and, optionally, TNFα antagonists, such as antibodies, including specified portions or variants, polypeptides, polynucleotides, siRNA, shRNA, ribozymes, and DNAzymes. Disorders related to CXCL13 activity include inflammatory disorders, such as pulmonary disorders, for example, asthma, emphysema, and COPD, and systemic lupus erythematosus. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136513 | BICYCLO-PYRAZOLES ACTIVE AS KINASE INHIBITORS - A compound having formula (I): wherein: R, A, R | 2009-05-28 |
20090136514 | Tetracyclines for Treating Ocular Diseases and Disorders - Methods and compositions are disclosed for treating a patient suffering from a condition associated with a retinal and/or choroidal disease or disorder of the eye involving endothelial cell dysfunction, especially vascular endothelial cells of the eye, and especially before or in the absence of neovascularization. The therapeutic method involves administering a tetracycline, an analog of tetracycline, or a chemically modified tetracycline (CMT) to a patient suffering from such conditions. Also provided are compositions and methods for reducing breakdown of tight junctions in vascular endothelial cells; reducing IL-1 α concentrations; and inhibiting IL-1 α-mediated matrix metalloproteinase activity in endothelial cells of the eye and surrounding tissues. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136515 | Methods of diagnosing, preventing and treating infection with Hepatitis C virus - The present invention provides a method for diagnosing hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a preventive agent for and a prevention method for HCV infection, a method for treating HCV infection, and a method for screening anti-HCV drug candidates. The HCV diagnostic method of the present invention comprises the detection of HCV proteins present in leukocytes. The preventive agent for HCV infection comprises an antibody against HCV proteins as an active component. The method for treating HCV infection comprises performing leukopheresis or reduction therapy on an HCV-infected patient. Further, the method for screening anti-HCV drug candidates comprises selecting, from test substances, a substance that is able to inhibit HCV infection in monocytes or is able to reduce the amount of HCV antigens to HCV-infected monocytes. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136516 | Cd-20 specific antibodies and methods of employing same - The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to CD | 2009-05-28 |
20090136517 | COMBINED TREATMENT WITH AN EGFR KINASE INHIBITOR AND AN INHIBITOR OF C-KIT - The present invention provides a composition and a method for treating tumors or tumor metastases in a patient, comprising administering to the patient simultaneously or sequentially a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of an EGFR kinase inhibitor and a KIT kinase inhibitors, with or without additional agents or treatments, such as other anti-cancer drugs or radiation therapy. A preferred example of an EGFR kinase inhibitor that can be used in practicing this invention is the compound erlotinib HCl (also known as TARCEVA®). A preferred example of a KIT kinase inhibitor that can be used in practicing this invention is OSI-930 and OSI-817. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136518 | Compositions and methods to reduce mutagenesis - The present invention provides methods and compositions for said inhibition of drug resistance. In one embodiment, said invention provides methods and compositions for said inhibition of antibiotic resistance. The invention generally involves said administration of achaogens, agents that inhibit said mutational process, to inhibit said evolution of drug resistance. Also, described herein are compositions that are suitable for use as achaogens. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136519 | Tissue Protective Cytokine Receptor Complex, Assays for Identifying Tissue Protective Compounds and Uses Thereof - The present invention is directed methods for identifying compounds that have a tissue protective activity using a heteromultimer receptor complex that mediates the tissue protective activities. The complex consists of at least one EPO-R in complex with at least one βc Receptor. These compounds used in the assays to identify tissue protective compounds include, but are not limited to, small molecules and biologics. The compounds identified using these assays can be used to treat or prevent various diseases, disorders, or conditions of the central and peripheral nervous systems as well as those of other erythropoietin-responsive or excitable cells, tissues, and organs. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136520 | MITOCHONDRIAL LOCALIZATION OF MUC1 - The invention provides methods of identifying and making compounds that inhibit the interaction between MUC1 and either or both of HSP70 and HSP90. Also embraced by the invention are in vivo and in vitro methods of inhibiting such an interaction. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136521 | Method for Selectively Depleting Hypoxic Cells - An improved method for selectively depleting hypoxic cells within the bone marrow is disclosed. The method can be used to enhance engraftment of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in the bone marrow of a host subject. Also disclosed is a method for treating a cancer within the bone marrow of a host subject. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136522 | Multivalent Immunogen - The present invention relates, in general, to HIV and, in particular, to immunogens that present epitopes located in the membrane external proximal region (MPER) of HIV-I envelope gp41 in multivalent form and to methods of using same. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136523 | ANTI-CD26 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention provides novel anti-CD26 antibodies and other, related polypeptides, as well as novel polynucleotides encoding the antibodies and polypeptides. The invention also provides methods of making the antibodies and polypeptides. Compositions and cells comprising the antibodies or polypeptides are further provided. Methods of using the antibodies and/or polypeptides, such as to inhibit cell proliferation and in the treatment of conditions associated with CD26, are also provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136524 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUMORS - Based on the observation of the cooperation of osteopontin (OPN) and matrixmetalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in the promotion of the metastatic phenotype, therapies and diagnostic assays are disclosed for the treatment of a tumor that overexpresses OPN, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), for example metastatic HCC. In one example, methods of treating a tumor include administration of an agent that reduces cellular invasion resulting from the interaction between a fragment of OPN (OPN-5kD) generated by MMP-9 cleavage and CD44 receptor. Examples of such agents include fragments of OPN-5 kD and antibodies specific for OPN-5kD. Therapeutic compositions are also provided that include such agents. Also provided are methods of diagnosing or prognosing a tumor, for example by detecting expression of OPN-5kD peptide or OPN-c mRNA in a biological sample obtained from the subject. Also provided are antibodies that specifically bind OPN-5kD. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136525 | Immunoglobulins Comprising Predominantly a Glcnacman3Glcnac2 Glycoform - Compositions and methods for producing compositions comprising immunoglobulins or immunoglobulin fragments having an N-linked glycosylation pattern consisting predominantly of the GlCNAcMan | 2009-05-28 |
20090136526 | CD19 Binding Agents and Uses Thereof - This invention, inter alia, relates to CD19 binding agents and methods of using such CD19 binding agents for treating disease. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136527 | Retro-inverso gonadotropin-releasing hormone peptide and vaccine composition - The invention describes a retro-inverso (RI) gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) peptide which is capable of eliciting an immune response directed against GnRH, the peptide having the amino acid sequence GPRLGYSWHX, wherein the amino acids are D-amino acids and X is any amino acid. More particularly, X is E, Q, P or G, and even more particularly, X is E or Q. Thus, a preferred amino acid sequence for the peptide is GPRLGYSWHE. The peptide may optionally include one or more additional D-amino acids at its N- or C-terminus, for example a cysteine residue or a series of linker amino acids, such as a plurality of glycine amino acid residues. Thus, a second preferred amino acid sequence for the peptide is GPRLGYSWHEC, which includes a cysteine residue at the C-terminus for conjugation purposes. The invention also describes a vaccine composition for use in controlling fertility, heat, contraception and/or treating sex hormone-related diseases, and a method for controlling and or treating fertility and sex hormone-related diseases. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136528 | NOVEL IMMUNOGENIC EPITOPE FOR IMMUNOTHERAPY - The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumour-associated T-helper cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumour-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions which stimulate anti-tumour immune responses. The present invention relates to novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumour cells which can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumour immune responses. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136529 | Compositions And Methods For Treatment, Research And Therapeutic Applications For Malaria - The present invention provides anti- | 2009-05-28 |
20090136530 | Influenza Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase Variants - Polypeptides, polynucleotides, methods, compositions, and vaccines comprising (avian pandemic) influenza hemagglutinin and neuraminidase variants are provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136531 | HPV E6 protein T cell epitopes and uses thereof - The present invention is directed to the examination of the pattern of immunodominant T cell epitopes in the E6 protein of Human Papilloma virus and its further characterization in terms of its amino acid sequence and Human Leukocyte Antigen restriction. These epitopes are identified based on their ability to induce specific T cell responses and therefore, are important as sources of antigens for immunotherapies to treat cervical and other cancers. The present invention contemplates identifying a number of similar epitopes restricted by a wide variety of Human Leukocyte Antigen types so that they can be used together to develop preventative or therapeutic vaccines, which can be used for the general human population. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136532 | Vaccine for Avian Influenza and Methods of Use - The subject invention pertains to influenza vaccines and particularly avian influenza vaccines (AIV). The invention includes methods for preparing transgenic plant cells to express know HA1 polypeptides having specified homologies that are used to prepare vaccine compositions and methods for inducing protective immunity in an individual, animal, mammal or human. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136533 | POLYPEPTIDE DERIVED FROM gp41, A VACCINE COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAID POLYPEPTIDE, AND USES FOR TREATING AN INFECTION BY AN HIV VIRUS IN AN INDIVIDUAL - The present invention relates to the field of the in vitro diagnosis of the progression status of an infection of an individual with a virus belonging to the family of the Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV) as well as with the therapeutical treatment of this infectious disease. The invention also relates to immunological compounds and vaccine compositions comprising a polypeptide derived from gp41. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136534 | NOVEL RECOMBINANT BCG TUBERCULOSIS VACCINE DESIGNED TO ELICIT IMMUNE RESPONSES TO MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN ALL PHYSIOLOGICAL STAGES OF INFECTION AND DISEASE - A vaccine against | 2009-05-28 |
20090136535 | ADJUVANT ACTIVITIES OF MUTANTS OF LT-IIa AND LT-IIb ENTEROTOXIN LACKING BINDING TO GANGLIOSIDE - The present invention describes the adjuvant activity of mutants of LT-IIa and LT-IIb enterotoxin which lack ganglioside binding activity. The adjuvant activity of the LT-IIb(T13I) mutant is comparable to that of the wild type LT-IIb. The adjuvant activity of LT-IIa(T34I) mutant is also described which exhibits a late onset adjuvant activity. These mutants are useful for enhancing immune response to antigens. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136536 | Recombinant Subunit Vaccine - A method is provided of producing an immunogenic complex comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide, which method comprises: (a) expressing the antigenic polypeptide in a cell which cell has been subjected to a stimulus which causes the induction of a heat shock response in said cells; and (b) recovering the antigenic polypeptide coupled to one or more hsps from said cell or the culture medium. Also provided are immunogenic compositions comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) derived from a non-mammalian eukaryote coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide which composition is capable of inducing an immune response to said antigenic polypeptide in a human or animal. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136537 | Lipopeptide compositions and methods of use therof - Compositions comprise lipopeptides, antigens and emulsifying agents. The compositions are used to stimulate an immune response in a subject. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136538 | Stable vaccine formulation - An aqueous vaccine composition comprises a protein adsorbed on a solid and one or more stabilising agents, further characterized in that
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20090136539 | Methods for the treatment of diabetes, the reduction of body fat, improvement of insulin sensitivity, reduction of hyperglycemia, and reduction of hypercholesterolemia with chromium complexes, conjugated fatty acids, and/or conjugated fatty alcohols - A composition for treating insulin-dependent diabetes, reducing body fat, improving insulin sensitivity, reducing hyperglycemia, and reducing hypercholesterolemia with at least one chromium complex and a conjugated fatty acid or conjugated fatty alcohol is disclosed. A method of treating a subject suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes by administering a composition that includes at least one chromium complex and a conjugated fatty acid or conjugated fatty alcohol is similarly provided. The administration of a composition containing an effective dose of at least one chromium complex and a conjugated fatty acid or conjugated fatty alcohol for the treatment of obesity is likewise provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136540 | Anti-aging composition and collagen production promoting composition - There are provided an anti-aging composition, a collagen production promoting composition, a collagen gel contraction promoting composition, and an integrin production promoting composition for promoting integrin production in fibroblasts/epidermal cell, which have improved collagen production promotion effect and are effective for preventing or reducing wrinkle and/or sagging caused by aging. These anti-aging composition and promoting composition comprise, as an active ingredient, a hydrogen peroxide-treated yeast hydrolysate. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136541 | IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITION - The present application discloses an immunogenic composition comprising at least 2 different | 2009-05-28 |
20090136542 | Immunogenic composition and method of developing a vaccine based on portions of the HIV matrix protein - The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition. More particularly, the present invention is a composition directed to eliciting an immune response to at least one covalent binding site of myristate (SEQ ID NOS: 1-3) on the HIV matrix protein. The present invention contemplates three categories of embodiments: protein or protein fragments (SEQ ID NO: 1), messenger RNA, or DNA/RNA (SEQ ID NOS:2-3). DNA/RNA compositions may be either naked or recombinant. The present invention further contemplates use with a variety of immune stimulants. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136543 | VACCINE - The present invention provides an immunogenic influenza composition in a dose volume suitable for human use, comprising an influenza virus antigen or antigenic preparation thereof and an adjuvant composition comprising an oil-in-water emulsion, wherein said oil-in-water emulsion comprises a metabolisable oil at a level of below 11 mg and an emulsifying agent at a level of below 5 mg and optionally a tocol or a sterol at a level of below 12 mg. Suitably the amount of influenza antigen per strain per dose is 15 μg HA or a low amount such as less than 15 μg HA. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136544 | Interfering RNAs Targeting the Morbillivirus Nucleoprotein Gene - The invention relates to interfering RNAs (siRNAs, shRNAs or pre-miRNAs) directed against conserved regions of the mRNA of the N gene encoding the morbillivirus nucleoprotein. The invention also relates to the use of said interfering RNAs for the production of medicaments for use in the treatment or prevention of a morbillivirus infection. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136545 | PORCINE ROTAVIRUS REASSORTANT COMPOSITIONS - The present invention provides rotavirus reassortant immunogenic compositions based on a porcine rotavirus. In particular, porcine rotavirus Gottfried strain-based single VP7 or VP4 gene substitutions which can provide (i) an attenuation phenotype of a porcine rotavirus in humans and (ii) antigenic coverage for G serotypes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 and P serotype 1A[8], 1B[4] and 2A[6]. The compositions have been demonstrated to induce consistent levels of neutralizing antibodies against rotavirus specificities which are of global epidemiologic importance. Porcine rotavirus-based reassortant rotavirus compositions induce neutralizing antibodies against P1A[8] and P2A[6] VP4 serotypes which may provide an advantage over rhesus- or bovine-based reassortant vaccines since the VP4s of the latter vaccines do not evoke antibodies capable of neutralizing the P1A[8], or P2A[6] VP4. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136546 | IMMUNOMODULATING COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREFOR - The present invention discloses the use of an inhibitor of IL-10 function and an immune stimulator that stimulates the priming of an immune response to a target antigen, in methods and compositions for stimulating and prolonging host immune responses to the target antigen. The methods and compositions of the present invention are particularly useful in the treatment or prophylaxis of a range of conditions including pathogenic infections and cancers. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136547 | ZWITTERIONIZATION OF CAPSULAR SACCHARIDES - Capsular saccharides are typically anionic. In the invention, however, cationic groups are introduced, such that the modified saccharide has a repeating unit which includes both cationic and anionic groups. These cationic and anionic groups can be balanced to give a zwitterionic repeating unit. These modifications can convert a saccharide that is normally a T-independent antigen into one that can activate T cells without requiring conjugation to a carrier. Typically, the invention modifies an anionic bacterial capsular saccharide antigen by converting a neutral group in the saccharide into a cationic group e.g. to change —NHAc to —NH | 2009-05-28 |
20090136548 | MULTIPLE ANTIGENIC PEPTIDES IMMUNOGENIC AGAINST STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA - The invention provides a nucleic acid encoding the 37-kDa pneumococcal surface adhesion A protein (PsaA) from | 2009-05-28 |
20090136549 | TRANSDERMAL PATCH CONTAINING RASAGILINE FOR TREATMENT OR PROPHYLAXIS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE AND ITS PREPARATION PROCESS - The present invention relates to a rasagiline transdermal patch for treatment or prophylaxis of nervous system diseases, in which the patch comprises an inert backing layer chemically inert to substrate ingredients, a substrate layer comprising rasagiline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a protective layer to be peeled off before use. The substrate layer is an adhesive system comprising an organic polymer material as basis and an inorganic or organic material as filler, and a plurality of micro-reservoirs containing rasagiline. The substrate further comprises one or more substances for enhancing the transdermal absorption of rasagiline, in which the above organic polymer material in the substrate is used for the reservoir of rasagiline and as adhesive. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136550 | MODIFIED RELEASE FORMULATIONS OF DILTIAZEM - Modified release diltiazem compositions and associated methods of preparation and administration are provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136551 | Substituted Dicyanoalkanes For Combating Animal Pests - Dicyanoalkane compounds of formula (I), wherein R | 2009-05-28 |
20090136552 | Growth factors nsg28, nsg30, and nsg32 - Disclosed are NsG28, NsG30, NsG32 polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding NsG28, NsG30, NsG32 polypeptides, and antibodies that bind to NsG28, NsG30, NsG32 polypeptides as well as methods of making and using the same. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136553 | TRIGGERABLY DISSOLVABLE HOLLOW FIBERS FOR CONTROLLED DELIVERY - Provided are tubular structures of a biocompatible, triggerably-dissolvable material such as cellulose or a copolymer having an LCST below physiological temperatures. The structures may be embedded within a cell growth scaffold. The tubular structures are useful in growing 3-dimensional tissue structures because nutrients, cytokines or other cell growth and/or differentiation compounds, as well as drugs, such as antibiotics and steroids, can be administered over time, and the tubular structures can be dissolved non-invasively. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136554 | Transdermal sustained release drug delivery - Provided herein are microprojections and microprojection arrays for delivering biologically active agents. Also provided herein are compositions suitable for coating such microprojections and microprojection arrays. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136555 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A HOT-MELT EXTRUDED LAMINATE - A process for the preparation of a bioadhesive laminate comprising a hot-melt extruded reservoir layer and a hot-melt extruded backing layer is provided. The reservoir layer comprises a thermoplastic bioadhesive composition containing an active agent. An active agent-containing thermoplastic bioadhesive hydrophilic composition is hot-melt coextruded with a hydrophobic composition to form at least a bi-layered laminate. The hydrophilic composition and the hydrophobic composition have at least one polymer in common. In addition, the melt flow index of the hydrophobic composition is within 50% of the melt flow index of the hydrophilic composition. As a result, the laminate has a uniform transverse cross-section and/or a uniform longitudinal cross-section throughout a major of the length of the laminate. Moreover, when the laminate is divided into unit doses of approximately the same size, they have a high degree of content uniformity with respect to the active agent(s) present therein. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136556 | System And Method For Coating Implantable Devices - A method and system of coating an implantable device, such as a stent, are provided. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136557 | Methods, Devices, And Compositions For Lysis Of Occlusive Blood Clots While Sparing Wound Sealing Clots - It has now been discovered that certain mutant forms of pro-urokinase (“pro-UK”), such as so-called pro-UK mutant “M5” (Lys.sup.300.fwdarw.His)-, perform in the manner of pro-UK in lysing “bad” blood clots (those clots that occlude blood vessels), while sparing hemostatic fibrin in the so-called “good” blood clots (those clots that seal wounds, e.g., after surgery or other tissue injury). Thus, these pro-UK mutants are excellent and safe thrombolytic agents. These advantages allow them to be used in a variety of new methods, devices, and compositions useful for thrombolysis and treating various cardiovascular disorders in clinical situations where administration of other known thrombolytic agents has been too risky or even contraindicated. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136558 | Anti-Restenosis Coatings and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides coatings or coating compositions for implantable or insertable medical devices containing one or more polymers and a combination of an immunosuppressant agent and an anti-neoplastic agent. In some embodiments, the coatings or coating compositions of the invention control sustained-release of the immunosuppressant agent and the anti-neoplastic agent for at least about 4 weeks. The present invention also provides implantable or insertable medical devices and other drug delivery or eluting systems containing a coating or coating composition of the invention and uses thereof. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136559 | Chondrocyte Differentiation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Their Use in Tissue Engineering - Methods for inducing differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into chondrocytes for use in tissue engineering applications are provided. One example of a method is a method for inducing differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into chondrocytes comprising aggregating undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells to form embryoid bodies; and culturing the embryoid bodies in culture medium in the presence of growth factors that induce chondrogenic differentiation of the embryoid bodies. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136560 | COATED MEDICAL DEVICE - A coated medical device ( | 2009-05-28 |
20090136561 | Non-peptidyl agents with pHSP20-like activity, and uses thereof - The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating smooth muscle cells. The present invention also provides methods of identifying small molecule candidate therapeutic agents for modulating smooth muscle. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136562 | Hemostatic Material - The present invention relates to hemostatic fabric materials, and to the methods for making and using such materials. In particular, the present invention relates to hemostatic fabric materials made from chemically treated cellulose, where the hemostatic material can be soluble on wound surfaces. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136563 | Method for Coating Particle with Lipid Film - A method for coating an object, i.e. a particle, with two sheets of lipid film having a space formed there between. In the method for coating a particle having a positive electrostatic-charging property with two sheets of lipid film, the particle having a positive electrostatic-charging property is brought into contact with a plurality of SUV type liposomes having a negative electrostatic-charging property to form a complex having a negative electrostatic-charging property containing the particle having a positive electrostatic-charging property and the SUV type liposomes having a negative electrostatic-charging property coupled electrostatically with the particle having a positive electrostatic-charging property, and then the complex having a negative electrostatic-charging property is treated with cation. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136564 | MICELLES - The present invention provides micelles, solutions comprising micelles, methods for preparing micelles, and methods for delivering micelles to patients. The micelles have fixed, preselected hydrodynamic diameters and are formed from basic or acidic amphiphilic compounds. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136565 | Methods of treating neurological diseases by regulating migration of neuroblasts in the adult nervous system with tenascin-R - This invention provides a method for regulating migration of neuronal progenitor cells in the nervous system of a mammal. The method comprises providing a mammal with TNR, a biologically active fragment of TNR, or a TNR agonist in an amount sufficient to direct migration of the neuronal progenitor cells. The invention provides a method of treating neurological diseases by replenishing diseased, damaged, or destroyed neural cells in the central nervous system or in the peripheral nervous system. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136566 | THERAPEUTIC TRITERPENOIDS - The present invention relates generally to compositions that can be obtained by extraction of birch bark, methods of using such compositions (e.g., methods of medical use, cosmetic use and/or pharmaceutical use), food products and methods of manufacturing such compounds. The compositions are triterpenes, triterpene alcohols, or derivatives of triterpene alcohols. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136567 | Adhesin-enterotoxin chimera based immunongenic composition against enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli - The inventive subject matter relates to an immunogenic composition composed of a chimeric molecule including a conformationally stable adhesin from | 2009-05-28 |
20090136568 | Tabletting process - A process for producing a compressed solid dosage form containing an active ingredient. The process includes a step of preparing core elements containing the active ingredient. Optionally the core elements are coated with a pharmaceutically acceptable coating layer to form coated pellets. The core elements or pellets are treated with an anti-static agent and compressed with suitable excipients to form the compressed solid dosage form. Preferred anti static agents are starch, microcrystalline cellulose, kaolin, bentonite, silicates, silicon dioxide, cellulose, stearic acid, sodium stearyl fumarate and glyceryl behenate. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136569 | Rapidly disintergrating tablet in oral cavity - The present invention provides a method of suppressing the bitter taste of a drug when a rapidly disintegrating tablet in an oral cavity is produced. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136570 | Taste-Masked Tablets and Granules - Orally administered, taste-masked tablets and granules contain (a) a hydroxypyrimidinone carboxamide, a hydroxy-tetrahydropyridopyrimidinone carboxamide, or a related carboxamide compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (b) a taste-masking polymer, (c) a superdisintegrant, and optionally other excipients. The carboxamide compound is an HIV integrase inhibitor, and the tablets and granules are suitable for use in the inhibition of HIV integrase, the treatment or prophylaxis of HIV infection, and the treatment or prophylaxis or delay in the onset of AIDS. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136571 | PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS CONTAINING IRBESARTAN - The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and formulations for the oral administration of Irbesartan, one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts or its polymorphs, optionally combined with a diuretic and to a process for the manufacture of said composition. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136572 | EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION FOR DILUTION AND CANCER VACCINE COMPOSITION - Provided is an emulsified composition for diluting a cancer antigen peptide or a dimer thereof. Also provided is a novel cancer vaccine composition or specific CTL inducer that efficiently induces CTL irrespective of the type of cancer antigen peptide when mixing the emulsified composition for dilution and a water phase comprising a cancer antigen peptide or a dimer thereof. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136573 | Methods for Making and Delivering Rho-Antagonist Tissue Adhesive Formulations to the Injured Mammalian Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems and uses Thereof - The present invention provides methods for making, delivering and using formulations that combine a therapeutically active agent(s) (such as for example a Rho antagonist(s)) and a flowable carrier component capable of forming a therapeutically acceptable matrix in vivo (such as for example tissue adhesives), to injured nerves to promote repair and regeneration and regrowth of injured (mammalian) neuronal cells, e.g. for facilitating axon growth at a desired lesion site. Preferred active agents are known Rho antagonists such as for example C3, chimeric C3 proteins, etc. or substances selected from among known trans-4-amino(alkyl)-1-pyridylcarbamoylcyclohexane compounds or Rho kinase inhibitors. The system for example may deliver an antagonist(s) in a tissue adhesive such as, for example, a fibrin glue or a collagen gel to create a delivery matrix in situ. A kit and methods of stimulating neuronal regeneration are also included. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136574 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE AQUEOUS PHASE AND AT LEAST ONE FATTY PHASE WHICH COMPRISES AVERMECTIN COMPOUNDS - Pharmaceutical/dermatological emulsions containing at least one avermectin compound, notably ivermectin, include at least one fatty phase and at least one aqueous phase, the at least one avermectin compound being solubilized in the fatty phase, which emulsions are useful for the treatment of a variety of dermatological conditions/afflictions, in particular rosacea. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136575 | Protein Formulation - The present invention relates to a new and improved low-concentration formulation of an active enamel substance, such as an enamel matrix, enamel matrix derivative and/or an enamel matrix protein, intended to be used as therapeutic, as propylacetic and/or as cosmetic agent. In the present invention, said active enamel substance is incorporated into a polymeric matrix, which is either suitable for cellular in-growth, or cell-occlusive. The active enamel substance can be incorporated into the polymeric matrix so that it is released by degradation of the polymeric matrix, by enzymatic action and/or by diffusion. Comprised in the invention is thus in particular a new pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic formulation of an active enamel substance at a lower total concentration within the formulation, wherein a spatial and/or selective regulation of release of said active enamel substance permits a greater percentage of the active enamel substance to be released at the time of appropriate cellular activity. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136576 | Biocompatible composition for replacing/regenerating tissues - A biocompatible composition for replacing/regenerating articular tissues, in particular tissues of the nucleus pulposus but also not articular tissues such as bony tissues, providing a hydrogel matrix comprising a first and a second natural polymer, cells adapted to regenerate the tissue of the disc core, a cross linking agent suitable to cross-link at least one of said natural polymers in situ, thus giving to the biocompatible composition an appropriate resistance, and molecules adapted to stimulate the growth and/or the differentiation of cells, wherein one of the two natural polymers is sodium alginate. In a particular exemple, the above described composition before the cross-linking step has a starting density such that it is injectable. In particular, the cross linking action on sodium alginate is caused by a cross linking agent contained in biodegradable polymeric particles, released in a controlled way from natural polymers, for example gelatin, or starting from synthetic polymers, for example polylactic acid or copolymers of acid lactic-glycolic acid. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136577 | Intestinal Absorptive Anti-Tumor Agent - An objective of the present invention is to provide intestinal absorptive antitumor agents with an excellent intestinal absorptive effect by using injectable antitumor agents. In the intestinal absorptive pharmaceutical agents of the present invention, antitumor components that can be used only as injections are supported by hydroxyapatite particles. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136578 | Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising Perindopril or Its Salts - The present invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition of the ACE inhibitor perindopril or its salts having a defined particle size distribution. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136579 | Nanoparticles Comprising a PDGF Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor - The present invention relates to nanoparticles comprising a platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, especially a PDGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor having a water-solubility at 20° C. between about 2.5 g/100 ml and 250 g/100 ml, more specifically nanoparticles comprising an N-phenyl-2-pyrimidine-amine derivative of formula I, | 2009-05-28 |
20090136580 | PREFERENTIAL KILLING OF CANCER CELLS AND ACTIVATED HUMAN T CELLS USING ZnO NANOPARTICLES - Here we disclose the response of normal human cells to ZnO nanoparticles under different signaling environments and compare it to the response of cancerous cells. ZnO nanoparticles exhibit a strong preferential ability to kill cancerous T cells (˜28-35X) compared to normal cells. Interestingly, the activation state of the cell contributes toward nanoparticle toxicity as resting T cells display a relative resistance while cells stimulated through the T cell receptor and CD28 costimulatory pathway show greater toxicity in direct relation to the level of activation. The novel findings of cell selective toxicity towards potential disease causing cells indicate a potential utility of ZnO nanoparticle in the treatment of cancer and/or autoimmunity. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136581 | Copper-Based Fungicide/Bactericide - The present invention discloses an improved copper-based fungicide/bactericide composition. The improved composition offers higher biological activity over typical copper-based products, while requiring significantly less copper in the composition. The present invention also discloses methods of making the improved copper-based fungicide/bactericide composition. The present invention further discloses methods of using the improved copper-based fungicide/bactericide composition. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136582 | COLLOIDAL MAGNETIC NANOBIOPARTICLES FOR CYTOTOXICITY AND DRUG DELIVERY - The present invention provides systems that include magnetic colloidal particles of differing elemental compositions with differing morphologies. The colloidal particles comprise a magnetic material and a shell that surrounds the magnetic material. The colloidal particles can be inductively heated using a magnetic field. The present invention also provides applications of such colloidal particles, such as methods for cytotoxicity and for drug delivery. | 2009-05-28 |
20090136583 | Sol-Gel phase-reversible hydrogel templates and uses thereof - Discrete microstructures of predefined size and shape are prepared using sol-gel phase-reversible hydrogel templates. An aqueous solution of hydrogel-forming material is covered onto a microfabricated silicon wafer master template having predefined microfeatures, such as pillars. A hydrogel template is formed, usually by lowering the temperature, and the formed hydrogel template is peeled away from the silicon master template. The wells of predefined size and shape on the hydrogel template are filled with a solution or a paste of a water-insoluble polymer, and the solvent is removed to form solid structures. The formed microstructures are released from the hydrogel template by simply melting the hydrogel template in water. The microstructures are collected by centrifugation. The microstructures fabricated by this method exhibit pre-defined size and shape that exactly correspond to the microwells of the hydrogel template. The method of preparing microstructures based on hydrogel templates is simple and can easily produce large quantities of the microstructures. | 2009-05-28 |