Abstract: A mulitwell plate having a plurality of picowells on the bottom of the wells of the plate as well as methods of producing the mulitwell plate are provided. Provided is also a method of handling living cells by providing an ordered array of living cells immobilized in a non-fluid matrix, contacting the living cells with a stimulus; and detecting a response to the stimulus. The present invention is also of a method of producing an ordered array of living cells.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged for examining particles, comprising: a cartridge having at least one microchannel, a viscoelastic fluid flowing in the microchannel, the fluid comprising a suspension of particles, thereby effecting alignment of the particles in at least one-dimensional array parallel to the fluid flow, and an optical magnifying means generating an image of the particles in the microchannel.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged for examining particles, comprising: a cartridge having at least one microchannel, a viscoelastic fluid flowing in the microchannel, the fluid comprising a suspension of particles, thereby effecting alignment of the particles in at least one-dimensional array parallel to the fluid flow, and an optical magnifying means generating an image of the particles in the microchannel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating benign hyperproliferative diseases of the epidermis by administering a composition comprising at least one jasmonate ester derivative. In particular, the present invention provides jasmonate ester derivatives as potent compounds useful for the treatment of disorders such as actinic keratoses with reduced side effects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel jasmonate derivatives, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, especially as chemotherapeutic agents for prevention and treatment of cancers.

Abstract: A mulitwell plate having a plurality of picowells on the bottom of the wells of the plate as well as methods of producing the mulitwell plate are provided. Provided is also a method of handling living cells by providing an ordered array of living cells immobilized in a non-fluid matrix, contacting the living cells with a stimulus; and detecting a response to the stimulus. The present invention is also of a method of producing an ordered array of living cells.

Abstract: A mulitwell plate having a plurality of picowells on the bottom of the wells of the plate as well as methods of producing the mulitwell plate are provided. Provided is also a method of handling living cells by providing an ordered array of living cells immobilized in a non-fluid matrix, contacting the living cells with a stimulus; and detecting a response to the stimulus. The present invention is also of a method of producing an ordered array of living cells.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating benign hyperproliferative diseases of the epidermis by administering a composition comprising at least one jasmonate ester derivative. In particular, the present invention provides jasmonate ester derivatives as potent compounds useful for the treatment of disorders such as actinic keratoses with reduced side effects.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged for examining particles, comprising: a cartridge having at least one microchannel, a viscoelastic fluid flowing in the microchannel, the fluid comprising a suspension of particles, thereby effecting alignment of the particles in at least one-dimensional array parallel to the fluid flow, and an optical magnifying means generating an image of the particles in the microchannel.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising compounds that selectively bind to hexokinases thereby promoting dissociation of these enzymes from mitochondria, and methods of use of such compounds and compositions to induce cell death in diseases and disorders characterized by the high levels of mitochondrial bound hexokinase. The present invention further discloses methods and assays for detecting and identifying molecules having these activities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel jasmonate derivatives, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, especially as chemotherapeutic agents for prevention and treatment of cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating benign hyperproliferative diseases of the epidermis by administering a composition comprising at least one jasmonate ester derivative, preferably methyl jasmonate. In particular, the present invention provides jasmonate ester derivatives as potent compounds useful for the treatment of disorders such as actinic keratoses with reduced side effects.

Abstract: An apparatus arranged for examining particles, comprising: a cartridge having at least one microchannel, a viscoelastic fluid flowing in the microchannel, the fluid comprising a suspension of particles, thereby effecting alignment of the particles in at least one-dimensional array parallel to the fluid flow, and an optical magnifying means generating an image of the particles in the microchannel.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising compounds that selectively bind to hexokinases thereby promoting dissociation of these enzymes from mitochondria, and methods of use of such compounds and compositions to induce cell death in diseases and disorders characterized by the high levels of mitochondrial bound hexokinase. The present invention further discloses methods and assays for detecting and identifying molecules having these activities.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer, by administering a combination comprising a jasmonate derivative (e.g., methyl jasmonate or a compound of any of formulae I through VII or any of the jasmonate derivatives exemplified by such formulae) and at least one other agent selected from a chemotherapeutic agent (e.g., a nitroso-urea, a platinum compound, a taxane derivative, an antitumor antibiotic) and an inhibitor of glycolysis (e.g., 2-deoxy-D-glucose). The jasmonate derivative and the at least one other agent together provide a therapeutic effect, which is preferably synergistic (cooperative).

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel jasmonate derivatives, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, especially as chemotherapeutic agents for prevention and treatment of cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel jasmonate derivatives, methods for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, especially as chemotherapeutic agents for prevention and treatment of cancers.

Abstract: A mulitwell plate having a plurality of picowells on the bottom of the wells of the plate as well as methods of producing the mulitwell plate are provided. Provided is also a method of handling living cells by providing an ordered array of living cells immobilized in a non-fluid matrix, contacting the living cells with a stimulus; and detecting a response to the stimulus. The present invention is also of a method of producing an ordered array of living cells.

Abstract: A chip-device is provided for holding living cells in a plurality of wells disposed on the surface of a carrier, characterized in that the wells are configures to influence the proliferation of living cells in the wells, for example by changing the size of the wells, delaying or inhibiting cell-proliferation, delaying or inhibiting cell adhesion, or allowing cell proliferation inside or through components of the device itself. The influence on cell proliferation is achieved, for example, by coating the inside of the wells or fashioning the carrier from materials such as gels, especially hydrogels, polydimethylsiloxane, elastomers or polymerized para-xylylene molecules. Provided is also a gel-cover for any cell-holding device. Provided is also a method for making the devices of the present invention. Provided is also a method of manipulating cells by covering wells where the cells are held with gel or by increasing the size of wells wherein cells are held.

Abstract: A transdermal drug delivery device in the form of a patch having an outer wall including a piercing element on its inner face facing the drug reservoir and effective, when depressed towards the opposite side of the patch, to pierce a sealing film and thereby to permit the delivery of the drug transdermally to the user. The outer wall of the patch is of a stiff elastic material which produces an audible “click” when depressed from its outer position to its inner position piercing said sealing film. In one described embodiment, the outer wall is of a monostable construction, and in a second described embodiment, it is of a bistable construction.