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Genetics Home Reference: Carpenter syndrome by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On this page: Description Genetic changes Inheritance Diagnosis Additional information Other ... Read on »
Pyruvate Kinase M2 Activators for the Treatment of Cancer by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: This technology describes a series of small-molecule activators of the pyruvate kinase M2 isoform (PK-M2). Pyruvate kinase ... Read on »
Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy Using microRNA-155 by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: Tumor immunotherapy is a promising approach for the treatment of cancer. However, current T cell-based immunotherapies are lim ... Read on »
A Diagnostic Kit for Assessing Exposure or Infection by the Koala Family of Retroviruses by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: Inventors at the NIH have discovered a new family of infectious koala retroviruses that are correlated with the development of ... Read on »
Retroviral Vector Packaging Cell Lines and Purification Methods for Gene Therapy by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: This invention relates to a novel gammaretroviral vector packaging cell line and method of producing gammaretroviral vectors su ... Read on »
Genetics Home Reference: Baraitser-Winter syndrome by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On this page: Description Genetic changes Inheritance Diagnosis Additional information Other nam ... Read on »
Spring Break at the NLM by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Caitlin Kelley says she wants to be a librarian to “connect people with information they need to live their best lives.” On the way to her goal, she spent a week a ... Read on »
Parvovirus B19 Vaccine by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: Parvovirus B19 (B19V) infection causes fifth disease, a disease characterized by rashes to the face and other parts of the body ... Read on »
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Generated Using Lentivirus-based Reprogramming by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: Five human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) lines are generated using lentivirus-based reprogramming technology. These li ... Read on »
Stapled Peptides for Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Inflammation by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: The invention is directed to small molecule mimetics of apolipoproteins that have an inter-helical hydrocarbon bond, which stab ... Read on »
NLM Genetics Home Reference Celebrates a Decade of Service by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine George W. Bush was president, gas cost $1.59 a gallon and the Human Genome Project had just officially ended on April 25, 2003, the date that the National Library of ... Read on »
Genetics Home Reference: progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On this page: Description Genetic changes Inheritance Diagnosis Additional information Other names ... Read on »
Urine-based Diagnostic Assay for the Early Detection of Cancer by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: NIH scientists have identified a panel of metabolite biomarkers capable of predicting the onset of cancer with an accuracy appr ... Read on »
Zirconium-89 PET Imaging Agent for Cancer by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Description of Invention: This technology is a new generation of rationally designed chelating agents which improve the complexation of Zirconium-89 for ... Read on »
User-friendly, Powerful Software for Analyzing ChIP-Seq Data by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Description of Invention: The present invention provides a user-friendly software, called PAPST (Peak Assignment and Profile Search Tool for ChIP-Seq), f ... Read on »
Device for Non-Surgical Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Description of Invention: This is a non-surgical tricuspid annuloplasty to treat functional tricuspid valve regurgitation, meaning regurgitation with int ... Read on »
Novel Methods for Generating Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells by nih.gov Posted in: Blog Posts in Health Education Description of Invention: High efficiency methods for producing retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are di ... Read on »