Abstract: A glass composition, containing barium oxide, which provides a source of leachable fluoride and which can be incorporated into a dental cement composition which, when cured, is radiopaque and translucent.

Abstract: Porous, polymer particles comprising a functionalized cross-linked copolymer having microporous regions and macroporous regions in the polymer matrix thereof, wherein the functional groups are essentially present only within the macroporous regions, as well as processes for preparing these particles based on a template polymerization technique followed by removal of the template polymer from the particles are disclosed. The particles of the invention are useful in chromatography, and in various analytical, diagnostic techniques and solid state peptide, DNA synthesis.

Abstract: An analgesic composition comprising an effective amount of at least one member of LPS whose macrophage activation ED.sub.50 is 0.

Abstract: A taxol intermediate selected from the group consisting of: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a protected hydroxyl; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form an oxo or a protected oxo; R.sup.3 is formyl, a protected formyl, or --CH(X)--OY wherein X is hydrogen or a monovalent metal and Y is hydrogen or a hydroxyl protecting group; and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are different and each selected from chloro or cyano; or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together form an oxo or a protected oxo, with the proviso that R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are not both hydroxyl; R.sup.6 is hydroxyl or a protected hydroxyl; R.sup.7 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or a protected hydroxyl; R.sup.8 is carboxyl, hydroxylmethyl, or a protected hydroxylmethyl; or R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 when taken together with carbon atoms 3 and 4, form an oxetane ring; or R.sup.6 and R.sup.8 when taken together with carbon atoms 1 and 4, form a bridged lactone; R.sup.9 is hydrogen or a hydroxyl protecting group; R.sup.