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6998254 Use of ROR for receptors for screening substances useful for the treatment of atherosclerosis  
The subject of the present invention is the use of the ROR receptors and/or of their response element or alternatively of a functional equivalent thereof for the screening of substances having...
6998117 Cancer treatment with retroviral vectors comprising wild-type p53  
Disclosed are methods and compositions for the selective manipulation of gene expression through the preparation of retroviral expression vectors for expressing antisense sequences, such as K-ras...
6995148 Adenosine cyclic ketals: novel adenosine analogues for pharmacotherapy  
The present invention relates to novel compounds that are novel adenosine receptor analogues. Specifically, the compounds of the present invention preferably function as both adenosine receptor...
6995147 Method of delaying the onset of diabetes  
A method for preventing, delaying the onset of or treating diabetes in a patient comprising selecting a patient who is susceptible to developing diabetes, who is developing diabetes or who is...
6995146 Compositions and methods for treatment of hepatitis C virus-associated diseases  
Antisense oligonucleotides are provided which are complementary to and hybridizable with at least a portion of HCV RNA and which are capable of inhibiting the function of the HCV RNA. These...
6995134 Use of yneS, essential bacterial genes and polypeptides  
Disclosed is a gene, termed “S-yneS,” found in Streptococcus pneumoniae , which is essential for survival for a wide range of bacteria. This gene and the S-yneS polypeptide that it encodes, as...
6994959 G-rich oligo aptamers and methods of modulating an immune response  
Aptamer oligonucleotides specifically bind to the DNA binding site of proteins such as Sp1 and Sp1-related proteins which regulate the genes which encode costimulatory molecules such as CD28 and...
6994870 Local nasal immunotherapy with allergen strip for allergic rhinitis  
A method and strip for treating allergen-induced airway inflammation. The method includes applying a nasal or skin strip containing a mixture of an allergen and a pharmaceutically acceptable...
6994851 Method of inducing a CTL response  
A method of inducing a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response to an antigen is disclosed. The method involves delivering the antigen to the lymphatic system of an animal regularly over a sustained...
6992070 Methods and compositions for nucleic acid delivery  
The present provides methods and compositions that enable effective delivery of nucleic acids to desired cells, including to a solid organ such as a mammalian heart. The methods and compositions...
6991901 Proteins and nucleic acids encoding same  
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to...
6989375 Enhanced expression of transgenes  
The present invention provides for improved methods of gene transfer, both in vitro and in vivo. By treating neoplastic cells with a DNA-damaging agent prior to transduction with a transgene, the...
6989374 Gene therapy for cardiomyopathy  
This invention enables the repair of cardiac function by noninvasive administration of an HGF gene in the form of Sendai virus (HVJ)-liposome into the affected cardiac muscle, thereby inducing...
6989270 Using polyamide nucleic acid oligomers to engender a biological response  
The invention involves methods and materials for extracellularly administering PNA oligomers to living cells. Specifically, the invention provides methods and materials of treating living cells...
6989232 Proteins and nucleic acids encoding same  
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to...
6987096 Antiviral proteins and peptides, DNA coding sequences therefor, and uses thereof  
The present invention provides antiviral proteins (collectively referred to as cyanovirins), conjugates thereof, DNA sequences encoding such agents, host cells containing such DNA sequences,...
6984379 Gene therapy by administration of genetically engineered CD34+ cells obtained from cord blood  
A method of providing a therapeutic effect in a human patient which comprises administering to the patient CD34+ cells obtained from cord blood. The CD34+ cells have been engineered with at least...
6982082 Gene therapy by cell specific targeting  
This invention is directed to a modified cyclosporin A and to a modified, genetically engineered version of its receptor, cyclophilin. This invention is further directed to a method for treating...
6979677 Inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation  
A method for inhibiting restenosis associated with mechanical injury of a blood vessel. An adenoviral vector encoding a suicide gene such as thymidine kinase is directly administered to the injured...
6977245 Oligodeoxynucleotide and its use to induce an immune response  
D type CpG oligodeoxynucleotides are provided herein that include a sequence represented by the following formula: 5′X 1 X 2 X 3 Pu 1 ...
6977244 Inhibition of Bcl-2 protein expression by liposomal antisense oligodeoxynucleotides  
The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for use in the treatment of Bcl-2-associated diseases like cancer, specifically, in the treatment of follicular lymphoma (FL). The...
6977164 Compositions and kits for Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 and 2 nucleic acid detection  
The invention relates to polynucleotides for HSV detection and the use of these polypeptides in kits and methods for HSV detection.
6977074 Method of inducing a CTL response  
Disclosed herein are methods for inducing an immunological CTL response to an antigen by sustained, regular delivery of the antigen to a mammal so that the antigen reaches the lymphatic system....
6974671 Methods for indentifying compounds that modulate gluconeogenesis through the binding of CREB to the PGC-1 promoter  
In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that CREB regulates hepatic gluconeogenesis via the co-activator, PGC-1. PGC-1 potentiated glucocorticoid induction of the gene for...
6974668 Development of method for screening physiologically active pyrrole imidazole derivative  
A method for screening the effect of a segment A (chemical species A) on a substance (for example, a cell) containing DNA or RNA by using artificial chemical species. Namely, a method of detecting...
6969704 Methods for suppressing early growth response—1protein (Egr-1) to reduce vascular injury in a subject  
The invention provides a method for reducing damage to an ischemic tissue which comprises contacting cells of the tissue with an inhibitor of Early Growth Response Factor-1 Protein (Egr-1). In...
6969528 Phosphorus-containing dendrimers as transfection agents  
The invention concerns phosphorus-containing dendrimers and their uses, as gene transfection agents, in vitro and in vivo, including in the treatment of human and animal diseases. These agents or...
6967091 OBG3 globular head and uses thereof for decreasing body mass  
The present invention relates to the field of obesity research. Obesity is a public health problem that is serious and widespread. A compound, globular OBG3, has been identified that reduces weight...
6967076 Method for producing recombinant cells for detecting HIV  
Recombinant expression vectors and methods are provided for detecting HIV and monitoring HIV drug resistance. The method comprises: taking a culture of cells; adding a recombinant viral vector into...
6964951 Polynucleotide  
The present invention relates to a polynucleotide comprising a ubiquitous chromatin opening element (UCOE) which is not derived from 13. The present invention also relates to a vector comprising...
6964950 Antisense modulation of C-reactive protein expression  
Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of C-reactive protein. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense...
6964849 Proteins and nucleic acids encoding same  
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel polypeptides. Also disclosed are polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid sequences, and antibodies, which immunospecifically-bind to...
6962906 Oligonucleotide analogues, methods of synthesis and methods of use  
The present invention relates generally to oligonucleotide analogues that include novel protein nucleic acid molecules (PNAs), particularly monomers, dimers, oligomers thereof and methods of making...
6962814 Decellularized tissue engineered constructs and tissues  
New methods for producing tissue engineered constructs and engineered native tissues are disclosed. The methods include producing a tissue engineered construct by growing cells in vitro on a...
6960570 Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of lung cancer  
Compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of cancer, particularly lung cancer, are disclosed. Illustrative compositions comprise one or more lung tumor polypeptides, immunogenic...
6960569 Hepatitis C virus non-structural NS3/4A fusion gene  
Disclosed herein is the discovery of a novel hepatitis C virus (HCV) isolated from a human patient. Embodiments of the inevntion include HCV peptides, nucleic acids encoding said HCV peptides,...
6958147 Use of VEGF-C to prevent restenosis  
The present invention provides materials and methods for preventing stenosis or restenosis of a blood vessel using Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (VEGF-C) and/or Vascular Endothelial Growth...
6956028 Compositions and methods for treatment of mitochondrial diseases  
Compounds, compositions, and methods are provided for treatment of disorders related to mitochondrial dysfunction. The methods comprise administering to a mammal a composition containing pyrimidine...
6953784 Cross-linked polysaccharide drug carrier  
A carrier and a method for preparing it are provided for use in the delivery of therapeutic agents. A polysaccharide is reacted with an oxidizing agent to open sugar rings on the polysaccharide to...
6953783 Modulation of gene expression by combination therapy  
The invention relates to the modulation of gene expression. In particular, the invention relates to compositions comprising antisense oligonucleotides which inhibit expression of a gene in operable...
6953575 Methods of treating central nervous system disorders using viral vectors  
Methods of delivering viral vectors, particularly recombinant AAV virions, to the CNS are provided. Also provided are methods of treating Parkinson's Disease.
6953568 Targeting of molecules to large vessel endothelium using EPCR  
Endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) is found primarily on endothelial cells of large vessels. EPCR translocates from the plasma membrane surface to the nucleus. Molecules which bind to EPCR can...
6951845 Method for treating allergic lung disease  
The invention is directed to a method for treating both the early and late phases of allergic asthma by introducing naked polynucleotides which operatively encode for the asthma-initiating antigen...
6951613 Genetic vaccination device and process for forming an injection therefor  
There is disclosed a genetic vaccination device and a process for forming an injection solution therefor, the device comprising a syringe and canula coupled to a membrane adsorber having genetic...
6949520 Methods related to immunostimulatory nucleic acid-induced interferon  
Methods and compositions are provided for extending the clinical utility of IFN-α in the treatment of a variety of viral and proliferative disorders. Among other aspects, the invention provides...
6949368 Compositions and methods for enhancing polynucleotide amplification reactions  
Compositions and methods for enhancing PCR and other polynucleotide replication reactions are disclosed. These comprise the addition of low molecular weight organic amides, sulfones or sulfoxides...
6946448 In utero oral nucleic acid immunization  
Methods of nucleic acid immunization comprising the in utero delivery of nucleic acid molecules that encode one or more selected antigens to a vertebrate fetus are disclosed.
6946447 MDM2-specific antisense oligonucleotides  
The invention provides methods to activate tumor suppressors. The invention further provides antisense oligonucleotides complementary to a portion of the MDM2-encoding RNA and methods for using...
6943153 Use of recombinant gene delivery vectors for treating or preventing diseases of the eye  
Gene delivery vectors, such as, for example, recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors, and methods of using such vectors are provided for use in treating or preventing diseases of the eye.
6943152 DNA vaccine-PCV  
The invention relates to immunogenic preparations or vaccines comprising, on the one hand, a plasmid encoding and expressing a gene from PCV, in particular selected from the group consisting of...