Abstract: A micro encapsulation material for use with storage unstable, therapeutic and nutritional agents which release the therapeutic and nutritional agents in predetermined locations in the gastro intestinal tract in which the microencapsulation material is formed by combining a food grade treated carbohydrate with a water soluble food grade protein. The therapeutic and nutritional agents form an oil phase which is emulsified with the water dispersed or dissolved encapsulant to encapsulate the therapeutic and nutritional agents. These agents may be oils or oil soluble or oil dispersible. The agents that may be encapsulated include lipids (oils including oxygen sensitive oils, fatty acids, triglycerides) and oil soluble and oil dispersible ingredients (including pharmaceuticals, probiotics, protein therapeutics and bioactives). The protein used may include any film forming water soluble protein or hydrolyzed protein and includes milk proteins such as casein and its derivatives or whey proteins.

Abstract: A micro encapsulation material for use with storage unstable, therapeutic and nutritional agents which release the therapeutic and nutritional agents in predetermined locations in the gastro intestinal tract in which the microencapsulation material is formed by combining a food grade treated carbohydrate with a water soluble food grade protein. The therapeutic and nutritional agents form an oil phase which is emulsified with the water dispersed or dissolved encapsulant to encapsulate the therapeutic and nutritional agents. These agents may be oils or oil soluble or oil dispersible. The agents that may be encapsulated Include lipids (oils Including oxygen sensitive oils, fatty acids, triglycerides) and oil soluble and oil dispersible ingredients (including pharmaceuticals, probiotics, protein therapeutics and bioactives). The protein used may include any film forming water soluble protein or hydrolysed protein and includes milk proteins such as casein and its derivatives or whey proteins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies including human antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof that bind to P-cadherin, and that function to inhibit P-cadherin. The invention also relates to heavy and light chain immunoglobulins derived from human P-cadherin antibodies and nucleic acid molecules encoding such immunoglobulins. The present invention also relates to methods of making human P-cadherin antibodies, compositions comprising these antibodies and methods of using the antibodies and compositions. The invention also relates to transgenic animals or plants comprising nucleic acid molecules of the present invention.

Abstract: The invention relates nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides, whose expression is modulated in cancer or tumor cells. The invention further relates to methods useful for treating or modulating cancer or tumors in mammals in need of such biological effect. This includes the diagnosis and treatment of oncological disorders. Additionally, the present invention further relates to the use of antibodies against the polypeptides of the present invention as diagnostic probes or as therapeutic agents as well as the use of polynucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides of the present invention as diagnostic probes or therapeutic agents for the treatment of a broad range of pathological states.

Abstract: The invention relates a nucleic acid and its encoded polypeptide ESM-1, whose expression is modulated in angiogenesis and oncogenesis. The invention also relates to antibodies having specificity for said polypeptide. The present invention also relates to antisense molecules. The invention further relates to methods useful for treating or modulating angiogenesis in mammals in need of such biological effect.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to the identification of nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides, particularly VCC1, whose expression is modulated in angiogenesis. These nucleic acids and proteins have not previously been identified as having a biological role in angiogenesis. The invention further relates to compounds that modulate VCC1 expression and/or activity. Methods of using these compounds for modulation of VCC-1 expression and for treatment of diseases associated with expression of VCC-1 are provided. Also included are methods of diagnosis of VCC1 associated angiogenic disorders.

Abstract: Composite hybridization arrays and averaged hybridization arrays are provided. Composite hybridization arrays are formed from a user selected set of hybridization arrays, and once instantiated in a hybridization array database, are available for searching, analysis, and other data processing as with other types of hybridization arrays. This allows otherwise experiments using multiple different nucleotide microarrays to be efficiently consolidated and analyzed. Averaged hybridization arrays provided correctly averaged values from multiple user selected dual channel hybridization arrays.

Abstract: A bridge including a metal tubular space frame enclosed in a housing shell made principally from fibre reinforced plastics material which is maintenance free and protects the frame from corrosion. The upper surface of the housing shell forms a vehicular platform. The lower surface of the housing shell is of a curved aerodynamic shape and forms a load bearing access and maintenance platform. The space frame may include pre-stressing cables running alongside or inside elongate members of the space frame.