Abstract: A bacterial ferment obtained by a method including the following steps: (a) culturing Lactobacillus species in at least one growth medium for at least 24 hours; (b) separating the mixture via centrifugation; (c) adding lactic acid to the supernatant obtained from step b) in an amount sufficient to lower the pH value of the supernatant; (d) stabilizing the resulting mixture with the addition of at least one preservative and/or at least one multifunctional; and optionally (e) filtering the mixture to remove any final precipitation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a chocolate extract and a process of making the extract. The process comprises mixing a chocolate source with a water miscible solution. The chocolate source and water miscible solution are at a temperature where the chocolate source is in a liquid state during mixing. The water miscible solution and the chocolate form a mixture of a water miscible phase, an oil phase, and a solid particle phase. The mixing allows the water miscible components to migrate into the water miscible phase. The mixture is separated to recover the water phase from the oil phase and the solid particle phase. This water miscible phase is the extract of chocolate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and reagents for drug screening. Screening methods are disclosed employing neuronal cells that have been treated so as to exhibit characteristics associated with a re-entry into the cell cycle. One treatment approach comprises transfection of neuronal cells with an expression vector comprising one or more oncogenes.

Abstract: A method for identifying stem-loop structures within a genome is provided. A plurality of stem-loop structures, compounds of stem-loop structures, pharmaceutical compositions of stem-loop structures, and treatment methods for affecting a condition or disease in an organism using stem-loop structures is provided. The method is for rapidly identifying and screening small inhibitory stem-loop structures of RNA or DNA sequences of any genome, wherein those sequences or combinations thereof can be administered to obtain a desirable biological affect in a human or other organism for treatment of a condition or a disease. The method is used for rapidly identifying and screening small inhibitory stem-loop structures of a viral RNA (viRNA), wherein the viRNA's prevents death in transfected cells programmed for cell death thus providing siRNA-type compositions for use in treating inflammatory conditions in humans or other species.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and reagents for drug screening. Screening methods are disclosed employing neuronal cells that have been treated so as to exhibit characteristics associated with a re-entry into the cell cycle. One treatment approach comprises transfection of neuronal cells with an expression vector comprising one or more oncogenes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and reagents for drug screening. Screening methods are disclosed employing neuronal cells that have been treated so as to exhibit characteristics associated with a re-entry into the cell cycle. One treatment approach comprises transfection of neuronal cells with an expression vector comprising one or more oncogenes.