Abstract:
The present invention discloses the identification of a human autism susceptibility gene, which can be used for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of autism and related disorders, as well as for the screening of therapeutically active drugs. The invention more specifically discloses that the PRKCB1 gene of chromosome 16 and certain alleles thereof are related to susceptibility to autism and represent novel targets for therapeutic intervention. The present invention relates to particular mutations in the PRKCB1 gene and expression products, as well as to diagnostic tools and kits based on these mutations. The invention can be used in the diagnosis of predisposition to, detection, prevention and/or treatment of Asperse syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder, childhood disintegrate disorder, mental retardation, anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactive disorders, speech delay or language impairment, epilepsy, metabolic disorder, immune disorder, bipolar disease and other psychiatric and neurological disease.
Abstract:
In accordance with the present invention, a dielectric barrier layer is presented. A barrier layer according to the present invention includes a densified amorphous dielectric layer deposited on a substrate by pulsed-DC, substrate biased physical vapor deposition, wherein the densified amorphous dielectric layer is a barrier layer. A method of forming a barrier layer according to the present inventions includes providing a substrate and depositing a highly densified, amorphous, dielectric material over the substrate in a pulsed-dc, biased, wide target physical vapor deposition process. Further, the process can include performing a soft-metal breath treatment on the substrate. Such barrier layers can be utilized as electrical layers, optical layers, immunological layers, or tribological layers.
Abstract:
The invention provides an antibody, or functional fragment thereof, a grafted antibody, or functional fragment thereof, comprising one or more complementarity determining regions (CDRs) having at least one amino acid substitution in one or more CDRs of a heavy chain CDR, where the antibody or functional fragment thereof has specific binding activity for a cryptic collagen epitope. The invention also provides methods of using an antibody having specific binding activity for a cryptic collagen epitope, including methods of inhibiting angiogenesis, tumor growth, and metastasis.
Abstract:
A taut, torsional flexure is used in a compact drive for scanning light and is of beneficial use in a lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, the module being operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce an image of high resolution of VGA quality in color.
Abstract:
The invention describes methods for inhibiting angiogenesis in a tissue by administering an antagonist that specifically binds to a proteolyzed or denatured collagen but not to native triple helical forms of the collagen. Antagonists of the invention can target, for example, denatured collagens type-I, type-II, type-III, type-IV, type-V and combinations thereof. Methods utilizing such antagonists for theraputic treatment of tumor growth, tumor metastasis or of restenosis also are described, as are methods to use such antagonists as diagnostic markers of angiogenesis is normal or diseased tissues both in vivo and ex vivo. Antagonists include monoclonal antibodies referred to as HUI77, HUIV26, and XL313.
Abstract:
The present invention describes methods for inhibition of angiogenesis in tissues using vitronectin .alpha..sub.v .beta..sub.3 antagonists, and particularly for inhibiting angiogenesis in inflamed tissues and in tumor tissues and metastases using therapeutic compositions containing anti-.alpha..sub.v .beta..sub.3 monoclonal antibodies.
Abstract:
A malodour-counteracting composition containing(i) a salt of general formula (I) R1R2R3R4N+X− (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 are independently selected from C1-4 alkyl, or R1, R2, R3, R4 may together constitute a nitrogen-containing cyclic system in which the nitrogen is part of a pyridinium or an imidazolinium ring; and X− is a counterion characterised by its protonated form having an acidity constant (pKa) lying between 1 and 6; and (ii) an alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compound of the general formula R5R6C═CR7C(═O)YR8 (II) wherein R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen and C1-10 hydrocarbyl residues which may be saturated, unsaturated, aromatic, cyclic, branched or unbranched, and are optionally substituted, or R5, R6, R7 and R8 may together constitute a cyclic system and Y is oxygen or a single covalent bond, with the proviso that Y is a covalent bond when R8 is hydrogen. The composition may be incorporated into consumer products and is able to remove malodours from the air or from surfaces.
Abstract:
A fermented foodstuff composition for human consumption is provided, the foodstuff composition being prepared by the fermentation of a foodstuff substrate with a lactic acid producing bacteria, the lactic acid bacteria being characterised by: a) being viable under the conditions prevailing in the human gastrointestinal tract; b) being a bacteria capable of aggregating and/or coaggregating with one or more pathogens; and c) being able to produce upon fermentation in the foodstuff substrate lactic acid in an amount of at least a minimum inhibitory concentration of lactic acid.
Abstract:
One or more aspects comprise a computer system comprising one or more servers that: (a) provide a financial personality assessment questionnaire to a user; and (b) receive data describing said user's responses to one or more questions in said questionnaire; and one or more processors in communication with said one or more servers that: (a) based on said data describing said user's responses, assess said user's investment-related attitudes across a plurality of scales and produce a multi-dimensional financial personality identifier for said user; and (b) construct a user risk profile for said user derived from said multi-dimensional financial personality identifier.
Abstract:
The invention provides a grafted antibody, or functional fragment thereof, comprising one or more complementarity determining regions (CDRs) having at least one amino acid substitution in one or more CDRs of a heavy chain CDR, where the grafted antibody or functional fragment thereof has specific binding activity for a cryptic collagen epitope. The invention also provides methods of using an antibody having specific binding activity for a cryptic collagen epitope, including methods of inhibiting angiogenesis, tumor growth, and metastasis.