Abstract: Described herein are methods for treating cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions, e.g., those associated with hypoxia, or treating a subject undergoing cardiac or respiratory arrest or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, using an H-NOX protein (or a mixture of H-NOX proteins), or using a combination of an H-NOX protein (or a mixture of H-NOX proteins) and a catecholamine (such as epinephrine or norepinephrine). Also described are compositions comprising an H-NOX protein (or a mixture of H-NOX proteins) and a catecholamine (such as epinephrine or norepinephrine).

Abstract: The invention provides H-NOX proteins for the delivery of oxygen to hypoxic tissue following stroke. H-NOX proteins extravasate into hypoxic penumbra associated with stroke and preferentially accumulate for sustained delivery of oxygen to the hypoxic tissue to ameliorate adverse affects of stroke related hypoxia. In some embodiments, the H-NOX comprises PEGylated H-NOX and non-PEGylated H-NOX.

Abstract: The invention provides methods to modulate hypoxia-mediated tumor immunity by administration of an O2 carrier polypeptide (e.g., an H-NOX protein). The methods of the invention target both hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1?) pathways and non-HIF-1? pathways of tumor immunity. Such methods are useful in the treatment of a wide variety of cancers and may be used alone or in combination with other anti-cancer therapies.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for treating cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions, e.g., those associated with hypoxia, or treating a subject undergoing cardiac or respiratory arrest or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, using an H-NOX protein (or a mixture of H-NOX proteins), or using a combination of an H-NOX protein (or a mixture of H-NOX proteins) and a catecholamine (such as epinephrine or norepinephrine). Also described are compositions comprising an H-NOX protein (or a mixture of H-NOX proteins) and a catecholamine (such as epinephrine or norepinephrine).

Abstract: The invention provides H-NOX proteins for the delivery of oxygen to hypoxic tissue following stroke. H-NOX proteins extravasate into hypoxic penumbra associated with stroke and preferentially accumulate for sustained delivery of oxygen to the hypoxic tissue to ameliorate adverse affects of stroke related hypoxia. In some embodiments, the H-NOX comprises PEGylated H-NOX and non-PEGylated H-NOX.

Abstract: The invention provides H—NOX proteins for the delivery of oxygen to hypoxic tissue following stroke. H—NOX proteins extravasate into hypoxic penumbra associated with stroke and preferentially accumulate for sustained delivery of oxygen to the hypoxic tissue to ameliorate adverse affects of stroke related hypoxia. In some embodiments, the H—NOX comprises PEGylated H—NOX and non-PEGylated H—NOX.

Abstract: The invention provides methods to modulate hypoxia-mediated tumor immunity by administration of an O2 carrier polypeptide (e.g., an H-NOX protein). The methods of the invention target both hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1?) pathways and non-HIF-1? pathways of tumor immunity. Such methods are useful in the treatment of a wide variety of cancers and may be used alone or in combination with other anti-cancer therapies.

Abstract: The invention provides methods to monitor tumor oxygenation by H-NOX proteins. H-NOX proteins extravasate into and preferentially accumulate in tumor tissue for sustained delivery of oxygen. For example, the invention provides methods to monitor brain tumor oxygenation by H-NOX proteins for enhanced treatment of brain cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system of multi-stage stem cell carcinogenesis and a method of generating such multi-stage stem cell carcinogenesis system. Various stages of cancer stem cells can be generated from normal stem cells via mutagenesis. The system of the present invention enables monitoring changes in the ability of cells to transition from one stage of carcinogenesis to another and to identify genetic pathways and molecules that influence carcinogenesis. The present invention also enables a high-throughput and nonbiased screening for targets that preferentially affect cancer stem cells relative to non-cancer stem cells or their derivatives during stem cell carcinogenesis, thus is useful in developing anti-cancer therapeutics.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing human embryonic stem cells from blastomeres with reduced or no animal cells or products, including no serum regardless of source and including xeno-free conditions, without compromising derivation efficiency.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for generating customized hESC and lines thereof for future use in the treatment of genetic relations. In one aspect, the customized hESC lines are grown using human feeder cells or human serum from biological or genetic relations in order to reduce or preferably avoid contamination by foreign pathogens or exposure to foreign antigens.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for generating customized hESC and lines thereof for future use in the treatment of genetic relations. In one aspect, the customized hESC lines are grown using feeder cells from biologically or genetic relations in order to avoid contamination by foreign pathogens or exposure to foreign antigens.