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The disclosure features dendritic tags, and methods and systems for fabricating and using such tags. The methods can include obtaining at least one image of a dendritic tag attached to an article, analyzing the at least one image to identify a set of features associated with the dendritic tag, and comparing the set of features to stored information to identify the article.
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Methods for identifying antigens as potential biomarkers for the early detection of ovarian cancer, as well as kits for utilizing said antigens as biomarkers and in personalized medicine/therapeutics assessment. Protein microarrays displaying full-length candidate antigens were developed and sequentially screening to select candidate autoantibody biomarkers to limit the false discovery rate inherent to large-scale proteomic screening.
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A low back pressure mouthpiece for accurate detection of exhaled nitric oxide (NO) includes a conduit for receiving the exhaled breath from the subject. An oxidizing filter for sample conditioning, wherein the conduit and oxidizing filter operate to produce a back pressure of less than 4 cm H2O; and a device for measuring the level of one or more components of the received exhaled breath.
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Disclosed are methods and devices to provide efficient methods and systems for discovering therapeutic targets, novel antigens, and for deciphering an immunosignature. The invention discloses methods for the identification of unique peptides which form an immunosignature. The invention can be applied to target identifying screening in drug discovery.
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The present invention provides isolated polynucleotides that can serve as translation enhancing elements and their use in protein expression reagents and methods.
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Biomolecule arrays on a substrate are described which contain a plurality of biomolecules, such as coding nucleic acids and/or isolated polypeptides, at a plurality of discrete, isolated, locations. The arrays can be used, for example, in high throughput genomics and proteomics for specific uses including, but not limited molecular diagnostics for early detection, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, monitoring clinical response, and protein crystallography.
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A product formed from a first material including a geopolymer resin material, a geopolymer resin, or a combination thereof by contacting the first material with a fluid and removing at least some of the fluid to yield a product. The first material may be formed by heating and/or aging an initial geopolymer resin material to yield the first material before contacting the first material with the fluid. In some cases, contacting the first material with the fluid breaks up or disintegrates the first material (e.g., in response to contact with the fluid and in the absence of external mechanical stress), thereby forming particles having an external dimension in a range between 1 nm and 2 cm.
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The present invention provides prodrugs derived from the sparingly soluble anticancer isocarbostyril narciclasine, a component of various Narcissus species, said prodrugs having potential for use against human and animal cancers. Also disclosed is an efficient procedure for the synthetic conversion of narciclasine to several more soluble cyclic phosphate compounds, including "narcistatin".
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The sea hare Dolabella auricularia has yielded many structurally distinct peptides which possess antineoplastic activity. Presently the compound denominated 'dolastatin 10' represents the most important of such peptides because of its demonstrated potential as an anticancer drug. The present invention relates to the systematic creation of seven unique pentapeptides by selectively coupling a tripeptide-trifluoroacetate salt with a preselected dipeptide trifluoroacetate salt which provide active molecules capable of emulating the measured therapeutic effect of dolastatin 10.
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Antifungals based on dolastatin 10 and four structural modifications thereof (herein 'peptides') and methods of treating a host afflicted with a fungi-induced infection are herein described. In broth macrodilution assays, these peptides were fungicidal for ATCC strains and clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans. Speficitity for C. neoformans was also demonstrated in the solid-phase disk diffusion assay, and fungicidal activity confirmed in killing kinetics experiments. Broth macrodilution minimum inhibitory and minimum fungicidal concentrations for the most potent modification ranged from 0.0975-1.56 νg/ml, and 0.0975-6.24 νg/ml, respectively. The minimum inhibitory concentrations were nearly identical in the presence of human serum, but increased with lowered pH. Suitable dosage forms for use of the novel antifungals are also described.