Abstract: Vehicle tailgating detection system comprising an unmarked police vehicle having a back end, a camera, still or video, installed on the police vehicle facing rearwards for acquiring and recording visual identification information about the tailgating vehicle during the tailgating incident, and a proximity sensor installed on the police vehicle to determine and transmit information about the distance between the unmarked police vehicle and the tailgating vehicle. Also included is a data processing computer for recording and processing identifying information about the tailgating vehicle, information about the distance between the vehicles and the speed of the vehicles, and information about the location, date and time of the tailgating incident.

Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) variant or mutant proteins (muteins). These hIL-3 muteins contain amino acid substitutions and may also have amino acid deletions at both the N- and C-termini. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the hIL-3 muteins and methods for using them. Additionally, the present invention relates to recombinant expression vectors comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the hIL-3 muteins, related microbial expression systems, and processes for making the hIL-3 muteins using the microbial expression systems. Included in the present invention are deletion mutants of hIL-3 in which from 1 to 14 amino acids have been deleted from the N-terminus, and from 1 to 15 amino acids 119 to 133 have been deleted from the C-terminus, and which also contain amino acid substitutions in the polypeptide.

Abstract: A window assembly incorporating a composite seal is provided. The composite seal has a first sealing member and a second member stiffer than the first sealing member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of ex-vivo expansion of hematopoietic cells by culturing hematopoietic cells in a growth medium comprising a chimera protein which comprises a variant of human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) which contains multiple amino acid substitutions and which may have portions of the native hIL-3 molecule deleted and a hematopoietic growth factor. The present invention also relates to the ex-vivo expansion of hematopoietic cells for gene therapy. Additionally, the present invention relates to the use of the expanded hematopoietic cells for treating patients having a hematopoietic disorder.

Abstract: A method of determining the concentration of peptides in a biological fluid resulting from the proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix proteins for diagnosing growth disorders in vertebrates. The method includes determining the concentration of peptides resulting from the proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix proteins in a biological fluid for determining the efficacy of drugs or agents used to treat growth disorders. A kit for determining the concentration of peptides resulting from the proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix proteins is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) variant or mutant proteins (muteins) functionally co-administered with a other colony stimulating factors (CSF), cytokines, lymphokines, interleukins, hematopoietic growth factors or IL-3 variants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) variant or mutant proteins (muteins) functionally co-administered with a other colony stimulating factors (CSF), cytokines, lymphokines, interleukins, hematopoietic growth factors or IL-3 variants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant human interleukin-3 (hIL-3) variant or mutant proteins (muteins). These hIL-3 muteins contain amino acid substitutions and may also have amino acid deletions at both the N- and C- termini. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the hIL-3 muteins and methods for using them. Additionally, the present invention relates to recombinant expression vectors comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the hIL-3 muteins, related microbial expression systems, and processes for making the hIL-3 muteins using the microbial expression systems. Included in the present invention are deletion mutants of hIL-3 in which from 1 to 14 amino acids have been deleted from the N-terminus, and from 1 to 15 amino acids 119 to 133 have been deleted from the C-terminus, and which also contain amino acid substitutions in the polypeptide.