Abstract: The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for treatment of subjects having or at risk of neuropathic pain or other conditions. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide. The nitric oxide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin, e.g., onto a location with neuropathic pain, or on another suitable portion of the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a biomedical composition, including: a hyaluronic acid; a modified histidine; and a polymer or C4-C20 alkane, wherein the modified histidine and the polymer or C4-C20 alkane are grafted to at least one primary hydroxyl group of the hyaluronic acid to allow the hyaluronic acid to form a hyaluronic acid derivative, wherein a graft ratio of the modified histidine is about 1-100%, and a graft ratio of the polymer or C4-C20 alkane is about 0-40%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving pancreatic function in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject STRO-1+ cells and/or progeny cells thereof and/or soluble factors derived therefrom. The method of the invention is useful for treating and/or preventing and/or delaying the onset or progression of a disorder resulting from or associated with pancreatic dysfunction, e.g., resulting from abnormal endocrine or exocrine function of the pancreas.

Abstract: Methods and systems of processing exosomes from a biologic sample, including providing a biological sample having a mixed population of exosomes, wherein the mixed population of exosomes includes two or more distinct subpopulations of exosomes; and processing the biological sample to selectively remove one or more exosome subpopulations from the mixed population of exosomes thereby obtaining a sample enriched with a desired subpopulation of exosomes.

Abstract: Methods for inducing, expanding, and/or generating alloantigen-specific regulatory T cells. Alloantigen-specific regulatory T cells can be induced, expanded, and/or generated from naive CD4+CD25? T cells by using CD40-activated B cells. The regulatory T cells can be human T cells. In one embodiment, the alloantigen-specific human regulatory T cells can be CD4highCD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells.

Abstract: The invention provides for a method of preparing an isolated serum fraction of platelet rich fibrin (PRF), comprising the steps of a. providing platelet rich plasma (PRP) without the addition of an anticoagulant; b. clotting the PRP to obtain a coagel of PRF; and c. separating the coagel to isolate the serum fraction which comprises an activated platelet releasate; and further provides for the isolated serum fraction obtained by such method, and its medical use.

Abstract: The invention relates to the production of compositions containing milk products for use as a nutritional supplement. More specifically, it relates to compositions containing whey growth factor extract, as well as their use in methods for reducing muscle inflammation in individuals undertaking resistance exercise training. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided the use of a composition comprising whey growth factor extract, isolated from a milk product by cation exchange chromatography, to reduce exercise-induced muscle inflammation.

Abstract: Cells present in adipose tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with PVD and related diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic benefit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions and methods to induce, and/of modulate bio-electrical rhythms (e.g. in cardiac, neuronal and pancreatic cells) by fine-tuning the activity of HCN-encoded pacemaker channels via a novel protein- and genetic-engineering approach to augment or attenuate the associated physiological responses (e.g. heart beat, neuronal firing, insulin secretion, etc) for achieving various therapeutic purposes (e.g. sick sinus syndrome, epilepsy, neuropathic pain, diabetes, etc).

Abstract: Methods are provided for isolating and using a whole-saliva leech extract. The methods can include feeding a phagostimulatory agent to a leech; inducing a regurgitation in the leech, the inducing including placing the leech in an environment having a temperature of less than about 0° C.; and, collecting an unrefined, whole saliva in the regurgitation of the cooled leech. The methods can include revitalizing the leech by warming it at a temperature ranging from about 5° C. to about 40° C. Stable, lyophilized, whole-saliva extracts of a leech are also provided, the extract having a stable activity when stored for use at a temperature below about ?20° C., the extract maintaining at least 70% of the activity for at least 6 months. The extracts can be used to treat solid tumors, treat liquid tumors, treat diabetes, treat a viral disease, treat a parasitic disease, treat an antibacterial disease, or serve as an anti-oxidant.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel antitumor agent which provides an antitumor activity based on metabolites with reduced side effects. Moreover, the antitumor agent is prepared starting with a highly safe bacterium used in food production, which is a probiotic lactic acid bacterium.

Abstract: A composition for use in inhibiting or killing Porphyromonas gingivalis, comprising an effective amount of Antrodia camphorata powder or extract and acceptable carriers thereof for inhibiting or killing Porphyromonas gingivalis. Also provided is a method of inhibiting or killing Porphyromonas gingivalis by using aforementioned composition. Further provided is a method of alleviating or treating diseases derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis by administrating a therapeutically effective amount of aforementioned composition. The Antrodia camphorata extract in accordance with the present invention have been proved having the efficacy of inhibiting or killing Porphyromonas gingivalis, and thus can be easily applied to various fields, particularly, health foods, drinks and applications of daily supplies. Moreover, advantages in accordance with the present invention include no side effects, easy fabricating and low cost.

Abstract: A method of culturing Antrodia cinnamomea and obtaining Antrodia cinnamomea with improved contents of antcin C and zhankuic acid C is disclosed in the invention. The method comprises: providing a wood segment of Cinnamomum kanehirai; inoculating a strain of Antrodia cinnamomea to the wood segment, to obtain the wood segment inoculated with the strain of Antrodia cinnamomea with 0.162 g dry weight of hyphae and mycelia of the strain of Antrodia cinnamomea per kg wood segment; and irradiating the wood segment inoculated with the strain of Antrodia cinnamomea by a light of wavelength of 600-700 nm to obtain a fruit body; wherein an irradiation time of the wood segment inoculated with the strain of Antrodia cinnamomea is 8-12 hours per day for 30-40 days.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided for lowering C-reactive protein levels in a mammal. The method comprises administering a composition containing an effective amount of Irvingia gabonensis seed to a mammal to reduce C-reactive protein levels in the mammal. Other embodiments include, among other things, lowering leptin levels, increasing adiponectin levels, reducing body weight, decreasing LDL and total cholesterol levels, increasing fat loss, and reducing waist size in a mammal using administering a composition containing an effective amount of Irvingia gabonensis.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising the component of fermented wheat germ extract (“FWGE”) active in reducing, inhibiting or preventing the proliferation of cancer cells and/or tumors, and methods of making and using such compositions. The active component from FWGE comprises polypeptides having a molecular weight in the range of about 5-100 kiloDaltons (kD), for example, a molecular weight in the range of about 12-50 kD. Exemplary polypeptides from FWGE determined to be active in reducing, inhibiting or preventing the proliferation of cancer cells and/or tumors are listed in Table 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for preventing or treating Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, inflammatory conditions, and graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) in a subject. Therapeutic compositions of the present invention comprise Leukocidin E (LukE) and/or D proteins or polypeptides. The invention further relates to methods of treating Staphylococcus aureus infection by administering a composition comprising a CCR5 antagonist or any molecule that blocks LukE/D interaction with CCR5+ cells in an amount effective to treat the S. aureus infection in the subject.

Abstract: This invention provides an artificially synthesized peptide having an activity to inhibit the expression of type 2 TNF receptor (TNF-R2), and a TNF-R2 expression-inhibiting composition including the peptide as an active ingredient. Also provided is a method for inhibiting the expression of TNF-R2 in cells capable of expressing TNF-R2, by using the peptide. The expression of TNF-R2 in the cells is inhibited, by supplying the cells capable of expressing TNF-R2 with a synthetic peptide essentially including of an amino acid sequence constituting a signal peptide in an amyloid precursor protein (APP) or an amino acid sequence formed by substituting, deleting and/or adding one or several amino acid residues in/from/to the amino acid sequence of the signal peptide.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a new agent for the treatment of alopecia, the agent being not only effective and safe for, in particular, alopecia areata, androgenetic alopecia in a male, androgenetic alopecia in a female, female pattern alopecia, postpartum alopecia, seborrheic alopecia, alopecia pityroides, senile alopecia, cancer chemotherapy drug-induced alopecia, and alopecia due to radiation exposure, but also effective for a target having resistance to treatment with minoxidil or finasteride, there being no side effects such as an itching sensation, irritation, or feminization, and no contraindications, the agent suppressing dandruff or having a therapeutic effect for white hair, and the therapeutic effect for alopecia being maintained for a long period even when use of the agent is stopped.

Abstract: Enzymes for inhibiting growth of biofilms and degrading biofilms. The enzymes comprise glycosyl hydrolases capable of degrading biofilms. The enzymes are formulated in compositions with and without antimicrobial agents. The enzymes with and without the antimicrobial agents are delivered to biofilms to degrade the biofilms and treat infections of microorganisms associated with the biofilms, delivered to surfaces to inhibit growth of biofilms thereon, and administered to animals to inhibit growth of biofilms therein.

Abstract: A method for preparing thrombin serum, the method comprising obtaining blood fluid sample, contacting a first aliquot of the blood fluid with a procoagulant agent to form prothrombinase enzyme complex bound to the surface of the procoagulant agent so as to obtain an activated procoagulant agent that may be stored. The activated procoagulant agent may then be contacted with a second aliquot of the blood fluid containing prothrombin so as to obtain thrombin serum, which may be extracted and contacted with fibrinogen to obtain fibrin.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an animal-protein-free botulinum toxin composition to treat a disease, disorder or condition in a patient in need thereof whereby the animal-protein-free botulinum toxin composition exhibits a longer lasting effect in the patient compared to an animal-protein-containing botulinum toxin composition.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for treating incontinence associated with sexual activity.

Abstract: Methods are described for preventing or reducing ischemia and/or systemic inflammatory response in a patient such as perioperative blood loss and/or systemic inflammatory response in a patient subjected to cardiothoracic surgery, e.g. coronary artery bypass grafting and other surgical procedures, especially when such procedures involve extra-corporeal circulation, such as cardiopulmonary bypass.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a composition containing an immunogenic cell preparation of killed Leptospira bacteria in an ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid solution. The invention also pertains to a vaccine to protect an animal against an infection with leptospira bacteria, wherein the vaccine comprises this composition. Also, the invention pertains to the use of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid to stabilize an immunogenic preparation of killed Leptospira bacteria in a liquid carrier, by dissolving the ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid in the carrier.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polypeptide which comprises: (i) an Rv2386c protein sequence; (ii) a variant of an Rv2386c protein sequence; of (iii) an immunogenic fragment of an Rv2386c protein sequence. In other aspects the invention is directed to associated polynucleotides, fusion proteins and methods for the treatment or prevention of tuberculosis.

Abstract: An immunogenic composition having 13 distinct polysaccharide-protein conjugates and optionally, an aluminum-based adjuvant, is described. Each conjugate contains a capsular polysaccharide prepared from a different serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F and 23F) conjugated to a carrier protein. The immunogenic composition, formulated as a vaccine, increases coverage against pneumococcal disease in infants and young children globally, and provides coverage for serotypes 6A and 19A that is not dependent on the limitations of serogroup cross-protection. Also described is a method for making an immunogenic conjugate comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 polysaccharide covalently linked to a carrier protein, the method including partial de-O-acetylation of the polysaccharide by mild hydrolysis in an alkaline pH buffer.

Abstract: A vaccine having a fusion protein set forth as SEQ ID NO:1 containing antigenic determinants of haemagglutinins of influenza A and B viruses and flagellin fragments functioning as safe adjuvant, joined via flexible hinges is given, which can be used for prophylaxis of influenza caused by existing influenza A and B strains as well as by possible reassortants. Usage of the vaccine will provide a universal protection against influenza and provides safety, efficacy, polyvalence and preventive effect.

Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) strains as improved vaccines against infection with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV virus) and to related products, methods and uses. Specifically, provided herein are genetically engineered recombinant MVA vectors comprising at least one nucleotide sequence encoding an antigenic determinant of an RSV membrane glycoprotein and at least one nucleotide sequence encoding an antigenic determinant of an RSV nucleocapsid protein. Also provided herein are products, methods and uses thereof, e.g., suitable to affect an immune response in a subject, or suitable to diagnose an RSV infection, as well as to determine whether a subject is at risk of recurrent RSV infection.

Abstract: The present invention discloses liquid stable bovine vaccines that comprise a live attenuated virus, and a sugar alcohol. The present invention also discloses the manufacture of such vaccines and methods of protecting an animal by administration of such vaccines.

Abstract: Compounds, particularly, glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) compounds, having the following structure (I) are provided: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L10, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions, vaccine compositions, and related methods for inducing or enhancing immune responses, are also provided.

Abstract: Methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of seizures and epilepsy. It is shown herein that leukocyte recruitment plays a key role in the pathogenesis of epilepsy. Treatment with an agent that inhibits leukocyte recruitment has therapeutic and preventative effects in blocking recurrent seizures and epilepsy.

Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for promoting bone growth and increasing bone density.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a biopharmaceutical drug, said composition further comprising at least one mono- or dicarboxylic acid with a backbone of 2-6 C-Atoms, or at least one salt thereof.

Abstract: Methods of inhibiting melanoma tumor growth, methods of treating melanoma and metastatic melanoma, and methods of reducing the frequency of tumor initiating cells (or cancer stem cells) in melanoma tumors are described. The methods described comprise administering a DLL4 antagonist (e.g., an antibody that specifically binds the extracellular domain of human DLL4) to a subject. Related polypeptides and polynucleotides, compositions comprising the DLL4 antagonists, and methods of making the DLL4 antagonists are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical cocktail and methods of treatment involving said cocktail, in particular, a combination of effective amounts of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, in combination with effective amounts of an angiogenesis inhibitor, including a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor such as bevacizumab for the treatment of cancer. In other embodiments, it relates to compositions and methods of treating cancer involving effective amounts of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cancer (eliminating the tumor, shrinking the tumor, prolonging the life of the patient, increasing quality of life by decreasing the grade of adverse events seen with other cancer treatments, and/or preventing/reducing the likelihood of the tumor's metastases) are additional aspects of the present invention.

Abstract: Provided is a means for stably storing a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by the General Formula (I) below and/or a salt thereof, and for providing the pharmaceutical composition to the market. A resin container colored with a color having a hue (H) within the range of 7.0Y to 9.99Y or 7.0YR to 9.99YR, value (V) within the range of 1.0 to 6.0, and chroma (C) within the range of 0.5 to 7.5, according to Munsell color coordinates, is filled with a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by the General Formula (I) and/or a salt thereof, to store the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are hydrogels polymerized with a biofunctional moiety, biodegradable and permanent, designed to be implantable in a mammalian body and intended to block or mitigate the formation of tissue adhesions. The hydrogels of the present invention are characterized by comprising four structural elements: a) a polymeric backbone which defines the overall polymeric morphology, b) linkage groups, c) side chains, and d) biofunctional end groups. The hydrophobicity of the various structural elements are chosen to reduce tissue adhesion and enhance the biofunctional aspect of the end groups. The morphology of these polymers are typically of high molecular weight and have shape to encourage entanglement. Useful structures include branching chains, comb or brush, and dendritic morphologies.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mucoadhesive composition, adapted for preventing and/or treating a pathological reaction of the immune system of an individual, by inducing a specific tolerance towards at least one antigen involved in said pathological reaction, comprising chitosan particles loaded with said at least one antigen involved in the pathological reaction, wherein the size of the loaded chitosan particles is of more than 800 nm.

Abstract: A method of synthesizing a nanocomposite film including starch nanofibers includes preparing nanofibers from starch, mixing the starch nanofibers with a drug to form a first mixture, adding water to the mixture to provide an aqueous solution, adding hydrochloric acid (HCl) and glycerol to the aqueous solution to provide a second mixture, maintaining the second mixture in a water bath, and drying the second mixture to form a nanocomposite film including starch nanofibers. The drug can be a drug including carboxylic groups. The drug can be acetyl salicylic acid (AsA). The film can be a nano starch/AsA composite film or nanocomposite film. The nanocomposite film can be used as a drug carrier and, thereby, improve drug delivery.

Abstract: A method of preparing an antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex comprises the steps of (a) preparing an antibody or antibody fragment; (b) mixing said antibody or antibody fragment with a cationic liposome to form a cationic immunoliposome or with a cationic polymer to form a polyplex; and (c) mixing said cationic immunoliposome or said polyplex with a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to form said antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex.

Abstract: The present invention provides a long chain fatty acid (LCFA)-like albumin-binding probe/ligand containing no hydrolysable bond and having an enhanced associating affinity with human serum albumin, which upon conjugation with an amino- or mercapto-containing short-lived drug and administration of the conjugate, significantly prolongs the life time of said drug without substantially interfering with its pharmacological activity. The invention further provides conjugates of said probe with amino- or mercapto-containing drugs, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a conjugate comprising at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid residue, particularly an arachidonic acid residue, more particularly an anandamide (arachidonoyl ethanol amide) residue and covalently bound thereto at least one nucleosidic component selected from nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides. This conjugate is suitable for the transfection of cells such as mammalian cells including human cells with high efficacy. Thus, a new delivery vehicle for therapeutic molecules including antisense molecules, siRNA molecules, miRNA molecules, antagomirs or precursors of such molecules, as well as the therapeutic nucleosides or nucleotides, is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21), more in particular to derivatives of FGF21 compounds having an albumin binder of the formula A-B-C-D-E- covalently attached. The invention also relates to novel FGF21 analogues, as well as to the pharmaceutical use of these FGF21 derivatives and analogues, in particular for the treatment of diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, and/or Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). The derivatives of the invention are protracted, e.g. capable of maintaining a low blood glucose level for a longer period of time, capable of increasing the in vivo half-life of FGF21, and/or result in a lower clearance of FGF21. The derivatives of the invention are preferably furthermore of an improved oxidative stability.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to therapeutic compounds capable of targeting cancer cells and cancer stem cells. The present invention is further directed to compositions comprising these therapeutic compounds and methods of treating cancer comprising administering these therapeutic compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising dapagliflozin and cyclodextrin, preferably (2-hydroxy)propyl-b-cyclodextrin or ?-cyclodextrin, preferably as inclusion complex. The invention further relates to a process for producing said pharmaceutical compositions. Finally, the invention relates to the use of cyclodextrin for producing dapagliflozin-containing dosage forms and to methods of purification of dapagliflozin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic conjugates with improved ability to target various diseased cells containing a targeting moiety (such as an antibody or antibody fragment), a linker and a therapeutic moiety, and further relates to processes for making and using the conjugates.

Abstract: Novel modulators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to aryl-sulphonamido compounds endowed with affinity against metallo proteases MMP, having formula (I) below wherein R, R1, R2, R3, G and n have the meanings reported in the specification, properly labelled with diagnostic imaging moieties or even radiotherapeutic moieties. The invention also refers to the process for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and to their use as diagnostic imaging agents or radiotherapeutic agents.

Abstract: Tin-117m somatoostatin analogs or antagonist are used to treat tumors and symptoms associated with these tumors which express somatostatin receptors, such as gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. The tin-117m somatostatin receptor binding compounds can be administered at a dosage which is effectively apoptotic and not necrotic. Also, if desired, it can be administered at a dose that is necrotic and/or induces necrosis, but only to cells within 290 microns of the tin-117m atom. A novel somatostatin analog is also disclosed, as well as novel methods to produce the tin labeled analogs and antagonists.

Abstract: Light-activated antimicrobial devices and articles are disclosed. The devices include a light source and a light-activated antimicrobial article comprising a photosensitizer and a viscoelastic material such as a pressure sensitive adhesive adapted to receive light from the light source. The viscoelastic material may be adapted to transport light by total internal reflection. The photosensitizer may comprise a dye, a metal oxide or a composition that comprises anions that oxidize or react to form a gas. Upon activation of the light source, the photosensitizer absorbs light from the light source such that antimicrobial activity is exhibited. The photosensitizer may be included in the light-activated antimicrobial article or it may be provided as a topical composition that is separate from the article. The light-activated antimicrobial articles and devices may have constructions similar to those of wound dressings.