Abstract:
The invention relates to fusion proteins that bind the enzyme thrombin and enhance the activation of the substrate Factor VII to the product Factor VIIa. The invention is also directed to polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment.
Abstract:
This invention relates to monospecific and multispecific antibodies that may be utilized for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. In addition, these antibodies may be modified by protease cleavage. Protease control or regulation may be provided by a protease site located in, for example, a linker. These protease-regulated antibodies may also be utilized for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases.
Abstract:
The invention provides particle compositions having applications in nucleic acid analysis. Nucleic acid polymer particles of the invention allow polynucleotides to be attached throughout their volumes for higher loading capacities than those achievable solely with surface attachment. In one aspect, nucleic acid polymer particles of the invention comprise polyacrylamide particles with uniform size distributions having low coefficients of variations, which result in reduced particle-to-particle variation in analytical assays. Such particle compositions are used in various amplification reactions to make amplicon libraries from nucleic acid fragment libraries.
Abstract:
The invention provides particle compositions having applications in nucleic acid analysis. Nucleic acid polymer particles of the invention allow polynucleotides to be attached throughout their volumes for higher loading capacities than those achievable solely with surface attachment. In one aspect, nucleic acid polymer particles of the invention comprise polyacrylamide particles with uniform size distributions having low coefficients of variations, which result in reduced particle-to-particle variation in analytical assays. Such particle compositions are used in various amplification reactions to make amplicon libraries from nucleic acid fragment libraries.
Abstract:
This invention relates to novel antibodies that bind with greater affinity to the factor VIIa/tissue factor (FVIIa/TF) complex than to tissue factor (TF) alone, do not compete for binding to TF with FVII and FX, an inhibit FX activation. The antibodies bind at the site of injury and prevent the initiation of thrombosis. The antibodies can be used to treat a variety of thrombotic conditions including but not limited to deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and acute coronary syndrome.
Abstract:
The present invention provides recombinant antigen-binding regions and antibodies and functional fragments containing such antigen-binding regions that are specific for the membrane-anchored, 4O.kDa mesothelin polypeptide, which is overexpressed in several tumors, such as pancreatic and ovarian tumors, mesothelioma and lung cancer cells. These antibodies, accordingly, can be used to treat these and other disorders and conditions. Antibodies of the invention also can be used in the diagnostics field, as well as for further investigating the role of mesothelin in the progression of disorders associated with cancer. The invention also provides nucleic acid sequences encoding the foregoing antibodies, vectors containing the same, pharmaceutical compositions and kits with instructions for use.
Abstract:
A layered metal structure is provided in accordance with an aspect of the invention. The structure can be used, for example, to fabricate a conductive interconnect element for conductively interconnecting one or more microelectronic elements. The layered structure includes first and second metal layers each of which may include one or more of copper or aluminum, for example. An intervening layer, may include for example, chromium between the first and second metal layers, chromium being resistant to an etchant usable to pattern the first and second metal layers selectively to the intervening layer. An etchant such as cupric chloride, ferric chloride (FeCl3), a peroxysulfuric composition, or a persulfate composition may be used to pattern the first and second metal layers in such case.
Abstract:
This invention relates to novel antibodies that bind with greater affinity to the factor VIIa/tissue factor (FVIIa/TF) complex than to tissue factor (TF) alone, do not compete for binding to TF with FVII and FX, and inhibit FX activation. The antibodies bind at the site of injury and prevent the initiation of thrombosis. The antibodies can be used to treat a variety of thrombotic conditions including, but not limited to, deep vein thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and acute coronary syndrome.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): where r, q, R, R2, R3, R4, R5a, R5b, R5c, R6a, R6b, R6c, R7, R8, and R9 are described herein, as single stereoisomers or as mixtures of stereoisomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, polymorphs, ammonium ions, N-oxides or prodrugs thereof; which are leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitors and therefore useful in treating inflammatory disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of preparing the compounds of the invention are also disclosed.