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The present invention relates generally to methods for predicting progression, initiation and susceptibility of osteoarthritis in human subjects using their genotype test results.
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Diagnostics and therapeutics for osteoporosis, which are bases upon the identification of a subjects IL-1 haplotype and genotype pattern are described.
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The invention provides methods and compositions for the pharmacogenetic analysis of anti-inflammatory compounds, especially for the pharmacogenetic association of responsiveness to rheumatoid arthritis medications that target TNFα.
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The present invention as described herein is aimed at combining a radiation-induced immunogenic effect with a T-cell therapy technique to markedly improve the therapeutic effectiveness of adoptive T-cell therapy with minimized toxicity. The method of this invention comprises, identifying a target tumor, applying ablative radiation treatment to the tumor in-situ, waiting for the production of CTLs primed by antigen presenting cells (APC), then resecting the target tumor from the patient. The CTLs are harvested and isolated from the tumor and undergo ex-vivo expansion and subsequent treatment of immune checkpoint blockades. The expanded CTLs are then infused back into the patient for systemic treatment of microscopic disease. The primed CTLs that are induced by radiation in-situ, are used as the source of T-cell therapy or other types of cell therapy. The harvested CTLs will have high tumor specificity with a wide range of heterogeneous tumor associated antigens (TAA) presentation.
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The invention disclosed herein aims to standardize and simplify the process of preparing Ex-Vivo autologous whole tumor cell vaccines. The present invention is a robust, stand-alone device and system for preparing autologous tumor cell vaccines in a completely self-contained sterile environment, and in a shortened time. This new device and system will process the extracted tumor with its associated stromal and endothelial cells into injectable tumor cell vaccines, administered automatically or semi-automatically. This invention incorporates a number of new biotechnologies to enhance therapeutic effects over other existing methods. This invention will allow a medical facility to prepare and administer autologous cancer cell vaccine therapy independently without having, or using, a GMP facility, while adhering to and maintaining GMP guidelines.
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A microwave motion sensor including a patch antenna having a plurality of microwave radiating elements for transmitting and receiving a microwave signal where each microwave radiating element is of the antenna in an array configuration. A reflector is disposed above the antenna for downward shaping the radiating signal, where the microwave radiating elements together with the reflector provide a radiation pattern where a main beam is transmitted in a direction orthogonal to a surface of said antenna and a sided lobe transmitted downward in amplitude below the microwave motion sensor.
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A system for sorting and classifying users of an image information management system is disclosed. The system for sorting and classifying users of an image information management system according to the present invention comprises some identical sub-systems, and every two sub-systems are interconnected. The sub-system comprises a user information encoding module, a user information decoding and authority identifying module, a user sorting module, a user classifying module, a command performing module, an authorized user collection database and a resource information database. The resource information database comprises real-time images, history images and control right commands of cradle heads and lens of cameras. The present invention resolves the problem of ordered accessing and utilizing of image information in a super-large-scale advanced real-time monitoring information management system, and realizes the object that local failures do not affect the normal work of the other parts by connecting every two sub-systems to each other and arranging the user identification entrance in each one of sub-systems.
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A method for high-dose Grid radiotherapy utilizing a three-dimensional (3D) dose lattice formation is described herein. The 3D dose lattice can be achieved by, but not limited to, three technical approaches: 1) non-coplanar focused beams; 2) multileaf collimator (MLC)-based intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) or aperture-modulated arc; and 3) heavy charged particle beam. The configuration of a 3D dose lattice is comprised of the number, location, and dose of dose vertices. The optimal configuration of a 3D dose lattice can be achieved by manual calculations or by automating the calculations for a generic algorithm. The objective of the optimization algorithm is to satisfy three conditions via iteration until they reach their global minimum. With 3D dose lattice, high doses of radiation are concentrated at each lattice vertex within a tumor with drastically lower doses between vertices (peak-to-valley effect), leaving tissue outside of the tumor volume minimally exposed.
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A dual mode motion sensor for detecting both motion of a moving target and a range of the moving target. The dual mode motion sensor normally operates in a pulse transmission mode. If motion is detected, the sensor automatically switches to a frequency modulated continuous wave transmission mode. This will allow the sensor to determine the range of the moving target. The sensor includes a microcontroller that compares the determined range of the moving target with a predetermined maximum detection range. If the determined range is outside or exceeds the predetermined maximum detection range the sensor will ignore the motion. If the determined range is within the predetermined maximum detection range, an alarm will be generated.
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A microwave motion sensor including a patch antenna having a plurality of microwave radiating elements for transmitting and receiving a microwave signal where each microwave radiating element is of the antenna in an array configuration. A reflector is disposed above the antenna for downward shaping the radiating signal, where the microwave radiating elements together with the reflector provide a radiation pattern where a main beam is transmitted in a direction orthogonal to a surface of said antenna and a sided lobe transmitted downward in amplitude below the microwave motion sensor.