Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a system for in-vivo detection of a biomarker in the gastrointestinal tract. The invention further relates to a method for the in-vivo detection of a biomarker in the gastrointestinal tract such as e.g., the ?1-antitrypsin precursor (A1AT biomarker), by using the recognition factor, e.g., trypsin immobilized to a solid surface. The invention further relates to a kit for the in-vivo detection of a biomarker in the gastrointestinal system.

Abstract: A device for in-vivo detection comprises a housing having an optical window and enclosing an imager that is configured to image the optical window. An external surface of the optical window has trypsin immobilized thereon, and may also be coated with a steric barrier protection, which may be polyethylene glycol (PEG). A trypsin-Alpha-1-antitrypsin complex formed on the window may have an affinity to a binding agent, which is tagged by a tag selected from a group consisting of a colorant, a fluorescent moiety, and a radioactive moiety.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a new medical treatment involving the combination of two active entities, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the two active entities. Specifically, the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a stable lipid assembly comprising as a first active entity an apoptosis-affecting lipid which does not self-aggregate in a polar environment to form liposomes and a lipopolymer. The pharmaceutical composition further comprises, as the second active entity, a cytotoxic amphipathic weak base drug carried by the lipid assembly or by a different liposome. According to one embodiment, the apoptotic-affecting lipid is a pro-apoptotic lipid. A preferred pro-apoptotic lipid is ceramide, preferably C6-ceramide. The cytotoxic amphipathic weak base drug is preferably doxorubicin or a biologically active, anthracyline-based doxorubicin analog thereof.

Abstract: The present invention concerns novel platinum complexes in which at least one of the amine ligand is a non-planar heterocyclic aliphatic amine. The platinum complexes may be in a trans or cis configuration and were found to posses therapeutic activites. Thus, the present concerns novel platinum complexes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and other uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a stable lipid assembly comprising a biologically active lipid having a hydrophobic region and a polar headgroup, wherein the atomic mass ratio between the headgroup and hydrophobic region is less than 0.3, and a lipopolymer having a hydrophobic lipid region and a polymer headgroup, wherein the atomic mass ratio between the headgroup and hydrophobic region is at least 1.5 and optionally a lipid matrix composed of liposome forming lipids. Specific lipid assemblies according to the invention comprise the biologically active lipid, ceramide, a lipid derivatized with polyethylene glycol (lipopolymer) and optionally in combination with a phospholipid (e.g. Egg phosphatidylcholine (EPC) and hydrogenated soybean phosphatidylcholine (HSPC)). The lipid assemblies of the invention exhibited a therapeutic effect in vitro in tumor cells as well as in vivo in animal models and they deliver the biologically active lipid to the disease site.

Abstract: The present invention concerns novel platinum complexes in which at least one of the amine ligand is a non-planar heterocyclic aliphatic amine. The platinum complexes may be in a trans or cis configuration and were found to posses therapeutic activites. Thus, the present concerns novel platinum complexes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and other uses thereof.