Abstract:
The invention provides devices for analyzing genetic material comprising a substrate and a first genetic material position and a second genetic material position on the substrate that each comprise genetic material attached to the substrate. The invention also provides methods of distributing genetic material comprising distributing at least one device.
Abstract:
A process of increasing the beta-glucosidase activity associated with Gaucher disease is provided. The process includes exposing the glucosidase to a chemical chaperone that has a high ratio of chaperone activity to inhibitor activity against glucosidase. Exemplary and preferred chaperones are a sterically bulky deoxynojirimycin compound and a sterically bulky 2,5-dideoxy-2,5-imino-D-mannitol compound. A process of stabilizing beta-glucosidase is also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a novel gene delivery system in which a gene delivery facilitating peptide, generally derived from Histone H2A, is complexed with a nucleic acid for efficient and stable delivery of the nucleic acid into a cell, ultimately to the nucleus. Such peptide-mediated gene delivery is based on the principal that unneutralized positive charges on the histone are bound electrostatically both by the negatively charged phosphate backbone of DNA and that nuclear targeting signals in histones improve trafficking of the DNA to the nucleus for transcription.
Abstract:
The invention provides devices for analyzing genetic material comprising a substrate and a first genetic material position and a second genetic material position on the substrate that each comprise genetic material attached to the substrate. The invention also provides methods of distributing genetic material comprising distributing at least one device.
Abstract:
Novel adenine derivatives whose structures are represented by Formula I, are disclosed, as are methods of using those compounds and others of Formula II to treat monocyte-mediated disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
Abstract:
Novel adenine derivatives whose structures are represented by Formula I, are disclosed, as are methods of using those compounds and others of Formula II to treat monocyte-mediated disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.