Abstract: The present invention provides a system for delivery of an enteric coated active agent generally resistant to disintegration in an neutral environment having one or more active agents encapsulated by a polymer coating formed by chemical vapor deposition of one or more monomers on the one or more active agents to form a chemical vapor deposition polymer coating that controls the release of the one or more active agents in the gastrointestinal tract.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of making and encapsulating one or more active agents in a chemical vapor deposition layer to enhance the stability.

Abstract: The present invention includes compositions, methods, and systems for the analysis of skin and hair conditions. The system includes a method and apparatus for analyzing skin and hair samples by taking a sample, identifying desired components of the sample, obtaining an image electronically, storing the image, and analyzing the image using analysis software.

Abstract: The present invention includes compositions, methods, and systems for the development of a novel delivery vehicle that affects release of an agent upon the degradation of components of said vehicle by one or more enzymes. In one example, the system comprises components designed to degrade upon the presence of desired concentrations of proteinases, specifically matrix metalloproteinases, and subsequent release of the agent.

Abstract: The present invention includes compositions, methods, and systems for the analysis of skin and hair conditions. The system includes a method and apparatus for analyzing skin and hair samples by taking a sample, identifying desired components of the sample, obtaining an image electronically, storing the image, and analyzing the image utilizing analysis software.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a system for the co-isolation of cognate DNA, RNA and protein sequences, a method for screening co-isolates for defined activities, and the production of operons for simultaneous or coordinated expression of genes. Encapsulating solutions and microstructures in lipid vesicles or polymer capsules permits transcription/translation reactions amenable to techniques and instruments that utilize an aqueous environment. Microstructures containing binding sites for both mRNA and protein and encapsulated into a liposome or hollow polymer capsule, creating a reactosome. After transcription/translation, or other reactions, the reactosomes may be screened using aqueous methods. Once the desired reactosomes are isolated, the vesicles are disrupted, and the microspheres can be collected. Once transcription/translation reactions occur, the capsules may be frozen for storage or later use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for modulating the growth of tumor and pathogen cells and the resistance of cells to foreign compounds, i.e. drugs, antibiotics, etc. by altering the ATP gradient across biological membranes. The altering of the ATP gradient across biological membranes is achieved through the manipulation of ecto-phosphatase activity and ABC transporter molecule activity which may also be useful to confer herbicide resistance to plants, confer antibiotic resistance to bacteria, confer drug resistance to yeast cells, or to reduce resistance in cells to facilitate chemotherapeutic treatments, and to reduce resistance in bacteria and yeast. The present invention is also directed to the methods for identifying ecto-phosphatase inhibitors and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for modulating the resistance of cells to foreign compounds, i.e. drugs, antibiotics, etc by altering the ATP gradient across biological membranes. The altering of the ATP gradient across biological membranes is achieved through the manipulation of ecto-phosphatase activity and ABC transporter molecule activity which may be useful to confer herbicide resistance to plants, confer antibiotic resistance to bacteria, confer drug resistance to yeast cells, or to reduce resistance in cells to facilitate chemotherapeutic treatments, and to reduce resistance in bacteria and yeast. The present invention is also directed to the methods for identifying ecto-phosphatase inhibitors and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the modulation of pesticidal and herbicidal activity by treatment of a membrane transport system in a cell. This entails modifying the extra-cellular phosphatases found in the membranes of these cells. By modifying the ATP gradient across the biological membrane of a target plant, bacteria, insect or mammalian cell via inhibiting one or more extra-cellular phosphatases, it is possible to alter the sensitivity to a pesticide or herbicide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for modulating the resistance of cells to foreign compounds, i.e. drugs, antibiotics, etc by altering the ATP gradient across biological membranes. The altering of the ATP gradient across biological membranes is achieved through the manipulation of ecto-phosphatase activity and ABC transporter molecule activity which may be useful to confer herbicide resistance to plants, confer antibiotic resistance to bacteria, confer drug resistance to yeast cells, or to reduce resistance in cells to facilitate chemotherapeutic treatments, and to reduce resistance in bacteria and yeast to aid in the treatment of certain infections and disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the modulation of pesticidal and herbicidal activity by treatment of a membrane transport system in a cell. This entails modifying the extra-cellular phosphatases found in the membranes of these cells. By modifying the ATP gradient across the biological membrane of a target plant, bacteria, insect or mammalian cell via inhibiting one or more extra-cellular phosphatases, it is possible to alter the sensitivity to a pesticide or herbicide. In preferred embodiments, the chemical moieties of the invention act as adjuvants to enhance pesticidal activity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for decreasing the resistance of microbial strains to antiinfectives such an antibiotics and antifungals by altering the ATP gradient across biological membranes. The altering of the ATP gradient across biological membranes is achieved through the inhibition of ecto-phosphatase activity and/or ABC transporter molecule activity which may be useful to reduce resistance in bacteria and yeast to aid in the treatment of certain infections and disease and to lower the concentration of antiinfectives necessary to inhibit the growth of microbial strains.