Processes Of Concentraction, Separation, Recovery, Or Extraction (e.g., Recovery From Organ Extracts, From Fermentation Broth, From Sewage Sludge, Etc.) Patents (Class 536/26.42)
  • Patent number: 8969545
    Abstract: Alkynyl-derivatized cap analogs, alkynyl-modified capped RNA, 1,4-disubstituted triazole-derivatized capped RNA, methods of preparation, methods of isolation, and uses thereof are provided. The “click” modification facilitates detection and isolation of capped RNAs and the 1,4-disubstituted triazole derivatives formed by the “click” reaction are useful for producing RNA transcripts and encoded protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Anilkumar R. Kore, Shanmugasundaram Muthian, Kyle Gee
  • Publication number: 20110020311
    Abstract: A novel etiological hypothesis for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is proposed describing autoimmune attack of ATP: Cob (I) alamin adenosyltransferase (ATR) thereby inhibiting synthesis of (5?-deoxy-5?-adenosyl) cobamide (referred to as 5?-deoxyadenosylcobalmin or AdoCbl) from Vitamin B12 providing a basis for therapeutic design and diagnostic methods. Pharmaceutical compositions for therapy of MS, inflammatory neurological diseases and neurodegenerative diseases utilizing AdoCbl, growth hormone, immunomodulators, interleukins, other therapeutic agents, and physiotherapy are described. Encompassed in embodiments are diagnostic and therapeutic methods based on the amino acid sequence which binds AdoCbl in ATR. A scoping experiment in therapy, parenteral injection of AdoCbl, has been accomplished with a clinically definite MS patient in the Secondary Progressive stage of MS. The dramatic improvement in the patient's condition strongly supports the etiological hypothesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventor: James Layne Boucher
  • Patent number: 7745613
    Abstract: Carbonyl compounds generated and accumulated in the peritoneal dialysate can be inactivated or eliminated by a carbonyl compound-trapping agent such as aminoguanidine. Carbonyl compounds generated during sterilization and storage of the peritoneal dialysate can be eliminated by pre-contacting with the trapping agent. Further, it is possible to eliminate carbonyl compounds transferred from the blood to the peritoneal cavity of the patient during peritoneal dialysis treatment, by adding the trapping agent to the peritoneal dialysate or by circulating the fluid through a carbonyl compound-trapping cartridge. Intraperitoneal protein modification by carbonyl compounds is inhibited by the present invention, thereby sufficiently reducing peritoneal disorders associated with peritoneal dialysis treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: Tokai University Educational System
    Inventor: Toshio Miyata
  • Patent number: 7303876
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples, including whole tissue. The invention also provides kits for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Greenfield, Luz Montesclaros
  • Patent number: 7078517
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a method of reusing a DNA-immobilization substrate whereby the expensive DNA-immobilization substrate can be efficiently utilized and a reusable DNA-immobilization substrate having the same performance as a new product without any trouble in practical use can be provided. Namely, a method of reusing a DNA-immobilization substrate characterized in that, to remove DNA from a DNA-immobilization substrate carrying the DNA immobilized by an acid-amide bond via an oligonucleotide to thereby enable the immobilization of a fresh DNA, the acid-amide bond between the substrate and the DNA is hydrolyzed with an acid or an alkali.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignees: Toyo Kohan Co., LTD, Nihon Parrkerizing Hiroshima Co., LTD
    Inventors: Kojiro Takahashi, Osamu Takai, Michifumi Tanga
  • Patent number: 7001724
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for releasing and for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples, preferably from whole tissue, using cationic surfactants and proteases. The surfactant-protease combinations, when used with whole tissue, macerate the tissue, lyse individual cells, release nucleic acids, and inactivate nucleases. Kits for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples, particularly from whole tissue, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventor: I. Lawrence Greenfield
  • Patent number: 6762027
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples, including whole tissue. The invention also provides kits for isolating nucleic acids from biological samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Greenfield, Luz Montesclaros
  • Patent number: 6326145
    Abstract: A method for the detection of a target nucleic acid, which method comprises contacting template nucleic acid from a sample with (i) a signalling system and (ii) a tailed nucleic acid primer having a template binding region and the tail comprising a linker and a target binding region, in the presence of appropriate nucleoside triphosphates and an agent for polymerization thereof, under conditions such that the template binding region of the primer will hybridize to a complementary sequence in the template nucleic acid and be extended to form a primer extension product, separating any such product from the template whereupon the target binding region in the tail of the primer will hybridize to a sequence in the primer extension product corresponding to the target nucleic acid, and wherein any such target specific hybridization causes a detectable change in the signalling system, such that the presence or absence of the target nucleic acid in the sample is detected by reference to the presence or absence of a de
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Zeneca Limited
    Inventors: David Mark Whitcombe, Jane Theaker, Neil James Gibson, Stephen Little
  • Patent number: 6303779
    Abstract: The present invention features a method for isolating and purifying vitamins and sugars from a plant host which is applicable on a large scale. Moreover, the present invention provides a more efficient method for isolating vitamins and sugars than those methods described in the prior art. In general, the present method of isolating vitamins and sugars comprises the steps of homogenizing a plant to produce a green juice, adjusting the pH of and heating the green juice, separating the target species, either vitamins or sugars, from other components of the green juice by one or more cycles of centrifugation, resuspension, and ultrafiltration, and finally purifying vitamins or sugars by such procedure as PEG-precipitation, chromatography and/or salt precipitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Large Scale Biology Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Garger, R. Barry Holtz, Michael J. McCulloch, Thomas H. Turpen
  • Patent number: 6187761
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a composition comprising natural vitamin B12, wherein said process comprises the steps of: a) obtaining microbial cells containing natural vitamin B12, b) causing opening of the microbial cells such that at least part of the soluble content of the cells comprising vitamin B12 is released in a liquid in which the cells are contained, c) separating the opened cells and the liquid comprising the vitamin B12, d) preparing a mixture of the vitamin B12 and at least a part of the opened cells, wherein the mixture has a vitamin B12 concentration on dry matter in excess of 0.1% (w/w).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Gist-Brocades B.V.
    Inventor: Hendrik Louis Bijl