Abstract: Disclosed are certain peptide linkers for conjugating drugs to ligands, and the resulting drug-linker-ligand molecules and compositions thereof. The conjugated molecules useful for the targeted delivery of drugs to the desired cells, and allow for the intracellular release of the drug in cases where the targeted antigen is internalized via the trans Golgi network and not the lysosomal pathway.

Abstract: The invention is related to the treatment of prion-related diseases such as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in mammals by administering chaotropic agents to or inducing a hyperthermia state in the affected mammals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating ischemia-related conditions by administering to a patient in need of such methods certain thiosemicarbazone compounds. Preferred embodiments of the present invention relates to methods of treating specific ischemia-related conditions, including but not limited to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Coronary artery bypass graft surgery, Global cerebral ischemia due to cardiac arrest, focal cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, hemorrhage infarction, hypertensive hemorrhage. hemorrhage due to rupture of intracranial vascular abnormalities, subarachnoid hemorrhage due to rupture of intracranial arterial aneurysms, hypertensive encephalopathy, carotid stenosis or occlusion leading to cerebral ischemia, cardiogenic thromboembolism, spinal stroke and spinal cord injury, diseases of cerebral blood vessels: e.g., atherosclerosis, vasculitis, Macular degeneration, myocardial infarction, cardiac ischemia and superaventicular tachyarrhytmia.

Abstract: The invention discloses methods for leukemia diagnosis and determining the effectiveness of certain therapies. The methods of the present invention also encompass a way to predict a subject's responsiveness to therapeutic interventions for leukemia, as well as to monitor relapse during treatment due to therapeutic resistance. Further, the methods disclosed can be used to screen for effective therapeutic agents or regimens, either generally or in a specific patient. The invention also provides a unique diagnostic tool for leukemia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating, preventing or ameliorating ischemia-related, neural cell degeneration in a subject being treated with a thrombolytic agent, by administering to the subject one or more neuroprotective thiosemicarbazone compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of preventing, treating or ameliorating the adverse neurological side effects of tissue plasminogen activator, which is used in the treatment of ischemic stroke, by co-administering one or more compounds of the present invention. One such neuroprotective compound is PAN-811. The invention also relates to compositions comprising PAN-811 or analogs thereof in admixture with a thrombolytic agent, such as tPA.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing the progression of Alzheimer's disease, by administering to a patient in need thereof certain thiosemicarbazone compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of preventing or treating neuronal damage and neuronal cell death occurring as a result of cellular insult of an amyloid-beta peptide. An example of such a thiosemicarbazone is 3-aminopyridine-2-carboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (PAN-811).

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing ischemia-related (i.e., neural cell hypoxia and/or hypoglycemic) conditions by administering to a patient in need thereof certain thiosemicarbazone compounds. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of preventing or treating certain ischemia-related conditions, which may include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and ischemic states that are due to or result from such conditions as: coronary artery bypass graft surgery; global cerebral ischemia due to cardiac arrest; focal cerebral infarction; cerebral hemorrhage; hemorrhage infarction; hypertensive hemorrhage; hemorrhage due to rupture of intracranial vascular abnormalities; subarachnoid hemorrhage due to rupture of intracranial arterial aneurysms; hypertensive encephalopathy; carotid stenosis or occlusion leading to cerebral ischemia; cardiogenic thromboembolism; spinal stroke and spinal cord injury; diseases of cerebral blood vessels, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating ischemia-related conditions by administering to a patient in need of such methods certain thiosemicarbazone compounds. Preferred embodiments of the present invention relates to methods of treating specific ischemia-related conditions, including but not limited to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Coronary artery bypass graft surgery, Global cerebral ischemia due to cardiac arrest, focal cerebral infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, hemorrhage infarction, hypertensive hemorrhage. hemorrhage due to rupture of intracranial vascular abnormalities, subarachnoid hemorrhage due to rupture of intracranial arterial aneurysms, hypertensive encephalopathy, carotid stenosis or occlusion leading to cerebral ischemia, cardiogenic thromboembolism, spinal stroke and spinal cord injury, diseases of cerebral blood vessels: e.g., atherosclerosis, vasculitis, Macular degeneration, myocardial infarction, cardiac ischemia and superaventicular tachyarrhytmia.

Abstract: Purified, host-specific, non-toxic, wide host range and virulent bacteriophage preparations that are effective in killing bacterial organisms in vivo are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions containing these bacteriophages, methods of making the bacteriophage preparations and methods of treating bacterial infections using the compositions. Methods of treating bacterial infections using the compositions containing the bacteriophages in combination with conventional antibiotics also are disclosed.

Abstract: Purified, host-specific, non-toxic, wide host range and virulent bacteriophage preparations that are effective in killing bacterial organisms in vivo are disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions containing these bacteriophages, methods of making the bacteriophage preparations and methods of treating bacterial infections using the compositions. Methods of treating bacterial infections using the compositions containing the bacteriophages in combination with conventional antibiotics also are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention features a method of inhibiting tumor growth and/or tumor invasiveness in a mammal by administering to a mammal a compound (e.g., an antagonistic antibody) which inhibits expression or enzymatic activity of human aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase (HAAH). The invention also features a method for diagnosing the growth of a malignant neoplasm (e.g., pancreatic cancer) in a mammal by contacting a tissue or bodily fluid from the mammal with an antibody which binds to a HAAH polypeptide under conditions sufficient to form an antigen-antibody complex and/or detecting the antigen-antibody complex.

Abstract: The invention features a method for diagnosing and inhibiting growth of a malignant neoplasm in a mammal by contacting a cell or a bodily fluid of the mammal with an antibody which binds to an human aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase (HAAH) polypeptide. Methods of immunization to generate an HAAH-specific immune response are also within the invention.

Abstract: The invention features a method for diagnosing and inhibiting growth of a malignant neoplasm in a mammal by contacting a cell or a bodily fluid of the mammal with an antibody which binds to an human aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase (HAAH) polypeptide. Methods of immunization to generate an HAAH-specific immune response are also within the invention.

Abstract: Olfactory neuron cultures and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The olfactory neuron cultures may be used to study oxidative stress-related disorders and diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. The olfactory neuron cultures may be used to screen candidate compounds for those which reduce, inhibit or prevent oxidative stress or damage. The compounds which reduce, inhibit or prevent oxidative stress or damage may be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and other oxidative stress-related disorders and diseases.

Abstract: Olfactory neuron cultures and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The olfactory neuron cultures may be used to study oxidative stress-related disorders and diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. The olfactory neuron cultures may be used to screen candidate compounds for those which reduce, inhibit or prevent oxidative stress or damage. The compounds which reduce, inhibit or prevent oxidative stress or damage may be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and other oxidative stress-related disorders and diseases.

Abstract: Compositions comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound that impedes disruption of intact dense microspheres (DMS) by acting on DMS either to prevent disruption, or if disrupted, act on pre-disrupted DMS in such a way that, when the composition is administered to a test animal that has received an injection of DMS, it reduces the mean volume of tissue occupied by disrupted DMS, reduces the ratio of the number of inflammatory cells per DMS, or increases the ratio of the number of macrophages containing disrupted DMS per DMS, are useful for treating cerebral amyloidosis.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating a disease that involves protein aggregation, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, prion diseases such as BSE and CJD, and Down's syndrome. The methods involve administering to a subject suspected of having the disease a very high affinity antibody fragment immunoreactive with the protein that is aggregating. Such treatment will have the effect of preventing, slowing, or halting the disease progression by inhibiting protein aggregation.

Abstract: Methods of preventing neural tissue damage caused by ADP-ribosylation of eucaryotic elongation factor-2 (EF-2) are disclosed. These methods are especially useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and other cognitive disorders of mammals. Also described are methods to screen for drugs that would be useful for treating such diseases.

Abstract: The invention is related to the treatment of prion-related diseases such as the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in mammals by administering chaotropic agents to or inducing a hyperthermia state in the affected mammals.

Abstract: The invention features a method for diagnosing and inhibiting growth of a malignant neoplasm in a mammal by contacting a cell or a bodily fluid of the mammal with an antibody which binds to an human aspartyl (asparaginyl) beta-hydroxylase (HAAH) polypeptide. Methods of immunization to generate an HAAH-specific immune response are also within the invention.