Abstract: The present invention provides genetically engineered type I/type II hybrid BVDV viruses. The hybrid viruses, as well as the hybrid viral genome, can be used in immunogenic compositions and vaccines for protecting cattle from BVDV infection.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for the use of antigenic peptides derived from the Fc portion of the epsilon heavy chain of IgE molecules from two unrelated species as vaccines for the treatment and prevention of IgE-mediated allergic disorders. In particular, the invention provides compositions for the treatment and prevention of IgE-mediated allergic disorders comprising an immunogenic amount of one or more antigenic peptides.

Abstract: The invention provides thiazolidinedione, oxadiazolidinedione, and triazolone compounds of Formula (I) which compounds are thyroid receptor ligands. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising such compounds and methods of treating obesity, overweight condition, hyperlipidemia, glaucoma, cardiac arrhythmias, skin disorders, thyroid disease, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer, diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, hypercholesterolemia, depression, and osteoporosis using such compounds.

Abstract: This invention relates to 1-diphenylmethyl-pyrazole derivatives of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are defined herein, as ligands for opioid receptors, particularly the delta opioid receptor. The compounds of the invention have a broad range of therapeutic uses in the area of addictions, analgesia, immunotherapy, shock and brain injuries, neurological dysfunction, gastrointestinal dysfunction, among others.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel to N-alkyl adamantyl triazinyl benzylamide derivatives of formmula I: and to processs for their preparation, intermediates useful in their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in therapy. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment of inflammation, osteoarthritis, rhematoid arthritis, cancer, reperfusion or ischemia in stroke or heart attack, autoimmune diseases and other disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel thyroid receptor ligands and, more particularly, relates to malonamic acids and derivatives thereof of Formula I, which are useful in the treatment of obesity, overweight condition, hyperlipidemia, glaucoma, cardiac arrhythmias, skin disorders, thyroid disease, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer and related disorders and diseases such as diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, hypercholesteremia, depression, osteoporosis and hair loss. The present invention also provides methods, pharmaceutical compositions and kits for treating such diseases and disorders.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a fusion protein for producing a dual immune response in a vertebrate, which fusion protein comprises: (a) a first proteinaceous portion analogous to all or part of a peptide endogenously synthesized within the vertebrate, the activity of which peptide is to be inhibited within the vertebrate, and which proteinaceous portion by itself is incapable of eliciting an effective immunoinhibitory response in said vertebrate; connected to (b) a second proteinaceous portion analogous to all or part of an immunogen from a pathogen, which pathogen is capable of pathogenically infecting the vertebrate; the portion (b) causing the vertebrate's immune system to recognize the portion (a) and produce a response that: (i) inhibits the activity of the peptide endogenously synthesized within the vertebrate; and (ii) protects the vertebrate from infection by the pathogen, when the vertebrate is vaccinated with an effective amount of the fusion protein.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): and their salts, solvates, prodrugs, etc., wherein the substituents have the values mentioned herein, are Procollagen C-Proteinase (PCP) inhibitors and have utility in conditions mediated by PCP.

Abstract: Methods for detecting acetylcholinesterase in a brain of a patent, comprising administering to the patient a detectable amount of a radiolabeled compound of a class of benzisoxazoles or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are disclosed herein. The methods are useful for diagnosing, estimating the severity of, or monitoring the progression of a dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, in a patient.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for the use of antigenic peptides derived from the Fc portion of the epsilon heavy chain of an IgE molecule as vaccines for the treatment and prevention of IgE-mediated allergic disorders. In particular, the invention provides compositions, methods for the treatment and prevention of IgE-mediated allergic disorders comprising an immunogenic amount of one or more antigenic peptides derived from the CH3 domain or junction of Ch-3/CH4 domain of an IgE molecule and methods for the evaluation of IgE mediated allergies in dogs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel triazolo-pyridines of the formula wherein X is >CH2, >NH, sulfur, >S?O, >SO2 or oxygen; wherein said >CH2 and >NH may optionally be substituted with a suitable substituent; R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C1-C6)alkyl and other suitable substituents; R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C1-C6)alkyl and other suitable substituents; s is an integer from 0-4; R3 is R4, R5—(NR6)—, R5—S—, R5—(S?O)—, R5—(SO2)—, R5—SO2—NR6—, R5—(NR6)—SO2—, R5—O—, R5—(C?O)—, R5—(NR6)—(C?O)—, R5—(C?O)—NR6—, R5—O—(C?O)—, R5—(C?O)—O—, R5—CR7?CR8— or R5—C?C_; such that the molecular weight of R3 is less than 500 AMU, preferably less than 250 AMU; R4, R5 and R6 are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C1-C6)alkyl and other suitable substituents; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; to intermediates for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their medicinal use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula wherein R3, R5, R7, U, X, Y and Z are as defined. Compounds of the Formula I have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating diseases, for example, neurodegenerative diseases, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of the Formula I.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides associated with angiogenesis-related disorders. The present invention also relates to feline angiostatin genes, novel genes associated with angiogenesis-related disorders, such as cancer. The invention encompasses angiostatin nucleic acids, recombinant DNA molecules, cloned genes or degenerate variants thereof, angiostatin gene products and antibodies directed against such gene products, cloning vectors containing mammalian angiostatin gene molecules, and hosts that have been genetically engineered to express such molecules. The invention further relates to methods for the identification of compounds that modulate the expression of angiostatin genes and gene products and to using such compounds as therapeutic agents in the treatment of angiogenesis-related disorders, e.g., cancer. The invention also relates to methods for the diagnostic evaluation, genetic testing and prognosis of angiogenesis-related disorders, e.g.

Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of the formula (I): and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein; intermediates for the synthesis of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds; and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of nicotine addiction/withdrawal and CNS disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula wherein R3, R5, R6, R7, and Z, and other variables enumerated under one or more of R3, R5, R6, R7, and Z, are as defined. Compounds of the Formula I have activity inhibiting production of A?-peptide. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating diseases, for example, neurodegenerative diseases, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of the Formula I.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotides associated with angiogenesis-related disorders. The present invention also relates to feline endostatin genes, novel genes associated with angiogenesis-related disorders, such as cancer. The invention encompasses endostatin nucleic acids, recombinant DNA molecules, cloned genes or degenerate variants thereof, endostatin gene products and antibodies directed against such gene products, cloning vectors containing mammalian endostatin gene molecules, and hosts that have been genetically engineered to express such molecules. The invention further relates to methods for the identification of compounds that modulate the expression of endostatin genes and gene products and to using such compounds as therapeutic agents in the treatment of angiogenesis-related disorders, e.g., cancer. The invention also relates to methods for the diagnostic evaluation, genetic testing and prognosis of angiogenesis-related disorders, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-steroidal compounds of Formula I, including prodrugs and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are selective modulators (e.g., agonists, partial agonists and antagonists) of a steroid receptor, specifically, the glucocorticoid receptor. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods for using these compounds to treat animals requiring glucocorticoid receptor agonist or antagonist therapy. Glucocorticoid receptor modulators are useful to treat diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, inflammation and others as described below.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder in an animal caused by infection by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) by administering to the animal at approximately three (3) to ten (10) days of age, a single dose of an effective amount of a M. hyo vaccine. The M. hyo vaccine can be a whole or partial cell inactivated or modified live preparation, a subunit vaccine, or a nucleic acid or DNA vaccine. The M. hyo vaccine administered in accordance with the present invention can be synthesized or recombinantly produced.

Abstract: This invention provides submicron oil-in-water emulsions useful as a vaccine adjuvant for enhancing the immunogenicity of antigens. The present invention also provides vaccine compositions containing an antigen combined with such emulsions intrinsically or extrinsically. Methods of preparing the emulsions and vaccines are also provided by the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the Formula 1