Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for treating patients having a neoplasm or a proliferative disorder, the combination comprises ribavirin, GDC-0449 and a chemotherapeutic agent, wherein said combination therapy overcomes resistance developed in patients during anti-neoplastic treatment. The present invention also provides a combination therapy for treating patients having leukemia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for treating patients having a neoplasm or a proliferative disorder, the combination comprises an inhibitor of the eIF4E gene product and a chemotherapeutic agent, wherein said combination therapy overcomes resistance developed in patients during anti-neoplastic treatment. The present invention also provides for the use of a combination therapy for treating patients having a neoplasm, a proliferative disorder, pre-neoplasm or a precancerous lesion, comprising an inhibitor of the eIF4E gene product, a chemotherapeutic agent, and a therapeutically effective amount of a hedgehog pathway inhibitor; and the method of using said combination therapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for treating patients having a neoplasm or a proliferative disorder, the combination comprises an inhibitor of the e1F4E gene product, such as ribavirin, and a chemotherapeutic agent, such as cytarabine, wherein said combination therapy overcomes resistance developed in patients during anti-neoplastic treatment. The present invention also provides for the use of a combination therapy for treating patients having a neoplasm, a proliferative disorder, pre-neoplasm or a precancerous lesion, comprising an inhibitor of the e1F4E gene product, a chemotherapeutic agent, and a therapeutically effective amount of a hedgehog pathway inhibitor, such as GDC-0449; and the method of using said combination therapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and combination therapies for treating patents having a neoplasm or proliferative disorder, the combination comprises an inhibitor of the eIF4E gene product and a chemotherapeutic agent, wherein said combination therapy overcomes resistance developed in patients during anti-neoplastic treatment. The present invention also provides for the use of a combination therapy for treating patients having a neoplasm, a proliferative disorder, pre-neoplasm or a precancerous lesion, comprising an inhibitor of the eIF4E gene product, a chemotherapeutic agent, and a therapeutically effective amount of a hedgehog pathway inhibitor, and the method of using said combination therapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating a neoplasm, a preneoplasm, a proliferative disorder and/or a precancerous lesion, the use of such compositions for the treatment of the listed conditions, and methods of treating the listed conditions. The composition of the present invention comprises an inhibitor of eIF4E, a methltransferase inhibitor, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: Methods for treating viral infections are disclosed. The methods of the invention are useful for inhibiting viral infection in a subject and for preventing reducing tissue damage associated with viral infections. The method can include the step of administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a deprenyl compound, such that treatment of a viral infection occurs.

Abstract: Methods of screening compounds which are oligomeric modulators of dehydrogenases such as glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and such oligomeric modulators. In one aspect, methods are presented for identifying an oligomeric modulator of a dehydrogenase, comprising contacting the dehydrogenase with a compound under conditions which allow oligomerization of the dehydrogenase to occur; and measuring the ability of the compound to modulate oligomerization of the dehydrogenase as an indication of whether the compound is an oligomeric modulator of the dehydrogenase. In another aspect, methods are presented for identifying an oligomeric modulator of GAPDH, comprising contacting GAPDH with a compound under conditions which allow oligomerization of GAPDH to occur; and measuring the ability of the compound to modulate oligomerization of GAPDH as an indication of whether the compound is an oligomeric modulator of GAPDH.