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The present invention is directed to a DNA vaccine for immunization against HIV. The invention comprises a DNA molecule that has a sequence encoding a plurality of viral proteins capable of stimulating an immune response against HIV. The DNA molecule is rendered safe for use as a vaccine by the disruption of genes encoding reverse transcriptase, integrase, and Vif. The DNA molecule is further rendered safe by at least a partial deletion of the 3' LTR.
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The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating or inhibiting urinary stone disease that involve administering to an individual with urinary stone disease or at risk of developing urinary stone disease an amount effective of pyridoxamine to reduce urinary concentrations.
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Methods of producing and using recombinant soluble HLA-G are provided. This recombinant soluble HLA-G alters immune responses to tissues, organs, fetuses, and embryos which are genetically distinct from the organism receiving or possessing such antigenic material. Preferably forms of this protein include sequences having at least 70 % sequence homology with naturally occurring forms of HLA-G. Specifically, each recombinant form of HLA-G produced and used by the present methods must include a sequence having at least 70 % sequence homology to introm 4 expressed by the HLA-G gene and at least one sequence having at least 70 % sequence homology to one of the alpha domains expressed by the HLA-G gene. Preferable forms of the present invention include one isoform which includes the alpha 1 domain, the alpha 2 domain, the alpha 3 domain, and intron 4, and a second isoform which includes the alpha 1 domain, the alpha 3 domain and intron 4. Still more preferably, the sequences include a purification-assisting peptide sequence and a signal peptide.
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The instant invention teaches pathogenic SHIV which cause AIDS in monkeys, the construction of virus for use in vaccines against pathogenic SHIV and HIV-1, and methods for prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination to prevent or inhibit HIV-1 infection and/or disease. The instant invention teaches the construction of modified live virus for use in vaccines against HIV-1, and methods for prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination to prevent or inhibit HIV-1 infection and/or disease. The instant invention teaches the use of viral DNA vaccines for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection and/or disease.
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A hormone replacement therapy formulation and method comprising selective estrogenic compounds which preferentially stimulate the estrogen receptor alpha over the estrogen receptor beta.
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Polypeptides for improving bone mineralization and/or phosphate uptake are provided. The peptides include a PHEX zinc binding domain and two ASARM binding domains.
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The present invention is directed to a tunable electromagnetic device for use in magnetic resonance imaging comprising a primary element (20) electrically coupled to an electromagnetic field generator (32), and a secondary element (10) positioned proximate the primary element, such that the two are inductively coupled. The secondary element is non- tunable, and preferably provided with a coating (16) to allow the element to be implanted within tissue. The primary element comprises tuning and matching circuitry (34, 36, 38) to vary the resonance frequency between the two elements to provide an inductive over- coupling between the two to provide a high resolution magnetic resonance image. Also disclosed is an associated method of using the system.
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Novel compounds useful for inhibiting spermatogenesis and cancer treatment, and in particular as inhibitors of heat shock proteins and/or elongation factor 1 alpha.
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A method of detecting a neurodegenerative disease in a mammal, which method comprises assaying the copy number of a Cripto-1 gene or the expression level of a Cripto-1 gene product in the central nervous system of the mammal, wherein an amplification of the Cripto-1 gene or an overexpression of the Cripto-1 gene product is indicative of a neurodegenerative disease in the mammal; a method of inhibiting progression of a neurodegenerative disease in a mammal, which method comprises administering to the mammal an agent that inhibits Cripto-1 in an amount effective to inhibit Cripto-1 in the central nervous system of the mammal, whereupon the progression of the neurodegenerative disease is inhibited; and an isolated or purified oligonucleotide consisting essentially of the sequence of AAGCTATGGACTGCAGGAAGATGG (SEQ ID NO: 3) or AGAAGGCAGATGCCACTAGC (SEQ ID NO: 4).
摘要翻译:一种检测哺乳动物神经变性疾病的方法,该方法包括测定哺乳动物中枢神经系统中Cripto-1基因的拷贝数或Cripto-1基因产物的表达水平,其中Cripto -1基因或Cripto-1基因产物的过表达指示哺乳动物的神经变性疾病; 一种抑制哺乳动物神经变性疾病进展的方法,该方法包括向哺乳动物施用抑制Cripto-1的剂量,该抑制剂有效抑制哺乳动物中枢神经系统中的Cripto-1,因此, 神经变性疾病被抑制 和基本上由AAGCTATGGACTGCAGGAAGATGG(SEQ ID NO:3)或AGAAGGCAGATGCCACTAGC(SEQ ID NO:4)的序列组成的分离或纯化的寡核苷酸。
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Compositions and methods for treatment of ovarian cancer are described. The compositions comprise antalarmin, a compound that increases cytotoxic T-cell lytic activity at tumor sites. Methods of treatment for ovarian cancer are based on the administration of antalarmin to increase cytotoxic T-cell lytic activity or anti-tumor activity, which leads to killing of tumor cells by cytotoxic T cells.