Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury are provided. The composition may include at least a benzodiazepine class material. In another form, the composition may include at least two components selected from the group consisting of an antagonist of the type 3 ryanodine receptor, an NMDA blocker (antagonist), and a benzodiazepine class material which can be administered for ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury. In one form, all three components may be used.

Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury are provided. The composition can include a compound which is a combination of dantrolene and a residue of FMOC-valine. This composition can be used to provide a faster and higher CNS penetration than heretofore experienced with dantrolene. In another form, dantrolene may be formulated as a pro-drug, a pro-pro-drug and the like.

Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury are provided. The composition can include a compound which is a combination of dantrolene and a residue of FMOC-valine. This composition can be used to provide a faster and higher CNS penetration than heretofore experienced with dantrolene. In another form, dantrolene may be formulated as a pro-drug, a pro-pro-drug and the like.

Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury are provided. The composition can include a compound which is a combination of dantrolene and a residue of FMOC-valine. This composition can be used to provide a faster and higher CNS penetration than heretofore experienced with dantrolene. In another form, dantrolene may be formulated as a pro-drug, a pro-pro-drug and the like.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treating an ocular disease in a subject in need thereof by increasing the bioavailability of a drug in the subject's eye. In one aspect, the ocular disease is at least one of diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, endopthalmitis, glaucoma, cataracts, ocular herpes. The methods and compositions provided herein include an efflux transporter inhibitor and a drug effective for treating the ocular disease. The efflux transporter inhibitor is effective to reduce the efflux of the drug through at least one of P-glycoprotein (Pgp), breast cancer resistant protein (BCRP), and multidrug resistant associated protein 1-9 (MRP1-9).

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treating an ocular disease in a subject in need thereof by increasing the bioavailability of a drug in the subjects eye. By one approach, the ocular disease is endophthalmitis. The methods and compositions provided herein include an efflux transporter inhibitor and a drug effective for treating the ocular disease. The efflux transporter inhibitor is effective to reduce the efflux of the drug through at least one of Pglycoprotein (Pgp), breast cancer resistant protein (BCRP), and multidrug resistant associated protein 19 (MRP19). In one aspect, cyclosporine A is the efflux transporter inhibitor.

Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury are provided. The composition can include a compound which is a combination of dantrolene and a residue of FMOC-valine. This composition can be used to provide a faster and higher CNS penetration than heretofore experienced with dantrolene. In another form, dantrolene may be formulated as a pro-drug, a pro-pro-drug and the like.

Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury are provided. The composition can include a compound which is a combination of dantrolene and a residue of FMOC-valine. This composition can be used to provide a faster and higher CNS penetration than heretofore experienced with dantrolene. In another form, dantrolene may be formulated as a pro-drug, a pro-pro-drug and the like.

Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment of ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury are provided. The composition may include at least a benzodiazepine class material. In another form, the composition may include at least two components selected from the group consisting of an antagonist of the type 3 ryanodine receptor, an NMDA blocker (antagonist), and a benzodiazepine class material which can be administered for ischemic neuronal reperfusion injury. In one form, all three components may be used.

Abstract: A method of sustaining cells is provided. The method can include providing a non-perfluorocarbon cell storage medium, providing a pre-oxygenated liquid perfluorocarbon in contact with the storage medium, and placing the cells in contact with the storage medium but not in contact with the perfluorocarbon. Additionally, the method can result in increased corneal cell viability compared to corneal cells placed in a non-perfluorocarbon cell storage medium without being in contact with a pre-oxygenated liquid perfluorocarbon.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for treating an ocular disease in a subject in need thereof by increasing the bioavailability of a drug in the subject's eye. In one aspect, the ocular disease is at least one of diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, endopthalmitis, glaucoma, cataracts, ocular herpes. The methods and compositions provided herein include an efflux transporter inhibitor and a drug effective for treating the ocular disease. The efflux transporter inhibitor is effective to reduce the efflux of the drug through at least one of P-glycoprotein (Pgp), breast cancer resistant protein (BCRP), and multidrug resistant associated protein 1-9 (MRP1-9).

Abstract: A method of sustaining cells is provided. The method can include providing a non-perfluorocarbon cell storage medium, providing a pre-oxygenated liquid perfluorocarbon in contact with the storage medium, and placing the cells in contact with the storage medium but not in contact with the perfluorocarbon. Additionally, the method can result in increased corneal cell viability compared to corneal cells placed in a non-perfluorocarbon cell storage medium without being in contact with a pre-oxygenated liquid perfluorocarbon.

Abstract: A method of sustaining cells is provided. The method can include providing a non-perfluorocarbon cell storage medium, providing a pre-oxygenated liquid perfluorocarbon in contact with the storage medium, and placing the cells in contact with the storage medium but not in contact with the perfluorocarbon. Additionally, the method can result in increased corneal cell viability compared to corneal cells placed in a non-perfluorocarbon cell storage medium without being in contact with a pre-oxygenated liquid perfluorocarbon.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treatment of, or protection from, neuropathy resulting from reperfusion injury upon reversal of an ischemic condition, comprising treatment or prophylactic treatment of the patient with an antagonist of the type 3 ryanodine receptor, such that a rise in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration is prevented. Therapeutic compositions containing dantrolene or aminodantrolene are administered to the patient to prevent a rise in cytosolic Ca2+ that would otherwise result in Ca2+-mediated neuronal damage. Treatment of ischemic optic neuropathy by this method is shown, and the methods and compositions presented are also applicable to other ischemic reperfusion neuropathies, such as stroke, reperfusion injury after TPA treatment/carotid endarterectomy, seizures, and excitotoxic retinal damage in glaucoma.

Abstract: A method of preserving tissue by placing the tissue in a media containing pure perfluorocarbon is provided. Also provided is a tissue preserving media including storage media and pure perfluorocarbon. A method of making media by adding pure perfluorocarbon to the media is provided. A method of preserving tissue by oxygenating the storage media by adding pure perfluorocarbons to the media is also provided.

Abstract: A method of preserving tissue by placing the tissue in a media containing pure perfluorocarbon is provided. Also provided is a tissue preserving media including storage media and pure perfluorocarbon. A method of making media by adding pure perfluorocarbon to the media is provided. A method of preserving tissue by oxygenating the storage media by adding pure perfluorocarbons to the media is also provided.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treatment of, or protection from, neuropathy resulting from reperfusion injury upon reversal of an ischemic condition, comprising treatment or prophylactic treatment of the patient with an antagonist of the type 3 ryanodine receptor, such that a rise in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration is prevented. Therapeutic compositions containing dantrolene or aminodantrolene are administered to the patient to prevent a rise in cytosolic Ca2+ that would otherwise result in Ca2+-mediated neuronal damage. Treatment of ischemic optic neuropathy by this method is shown, and the methods and compositions presented are also applicable to other ischemic reperfusion neuropathies, such as stroke, reperfusion injury after TPA treatment/carotid endarterectomy, seizures, and excitotoxic retinal damage in glaucoma.