Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises a metal nanoparticle having an average diameter of about 0.5 nm to about 5 nm. The composition may be used to treat cancer or an anosmia-related disease.
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising tricalcium phosphate and gelatin for use in a method for the treatment of dyspepsia, acidic mouth and and/or canker sores is disclosed.
Abstract: A water-insoluble fullerene is at least partially dissolved in a biocompatible lipid carrier, especially a fat or an oil such as butter, olive oil, and liquid paraffin. When administered to mammals, the fullerene, most preferably [60]fullerene dissolved in olive oil, scavenges free radicals and prolongs life span in rats.
Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for inducing tolerance in a human. The invention includes administering a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAR wherein the CAR comprises an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 4, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Carl H. June, Bruce L. Levine, Michael D. Kalos
Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of ameliorating or inhibiting critical limb ischemia or a condition associated with critical limb ischemia in a subject, whereby such methods comprise identifying a subject having a peripheral vascular disease, peripheral arterial disease, critical limb ischemia or a condition associated with critical limb ischemia and providing to said subject a composition comprising: a cell population, wherein the cell population comprises bone marrow total nucleated cells and red blood cells, an anticoagulant, and autologous plasma, wherein the composition has a viscosity of 1.5 to 5.0 centipoise (cP) measured at 37° C., wherein the composition comprises a viable cell dose and, wherein said composition is administered to said subject intramuscularly through a standard terminally-ported cannula needle, or a cannula side-ported needle or catheter comprising a plurality of ports and a closed end.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 28, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Dalip SETHI, Bruce BAKER, Venkatesh PONEMONE, Kenneth Lee HARRIS, Markud D. LACHER, James HEISERMAN
Abstract: Cell-based therapies show considerable potential as an immunomodulatory strategy for a variety of lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchiolitis, acute lung injury, lung allograft rejection (acute or chronic), pulmonary fibrosis. Described herein is the development of red blood cell membrane-derived microparticles (RBC MPs), which are depleted of hemoglobin (Hb) and express phosphatidylserine on their surface, for the treatment of lung disease. Administration of RBC MPs to the lung via inhalation promotes the production of immunoregulatory cytokines (such as IL-10), and reduces inflammation and injury in the lung.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 1, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Applicant:
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
Inventors:
Janet S. Lee, Timothy E. Corcoran, Valerian Kagan
Abstract: In various embodiments methods and compositions for improving a recovery of a subject after a cerebral ischemic injury, such as white matter stroke are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods involve administering human induced pluripotent glial enriched progenitor cells into the brain of the subject.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 27, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Applicant:
The Regents of the University of California
Inventors:
Stanley Thomas Carmichael, Irene Lorenzo Llorente, William E. Lowry
Abstract: The present invention provides a novel way to replenish the disc using retooled disc compositions to repair degenerative discs. There is no better source of proteoglycans than the actual disc material (6) itself. To this end, there has been developed a technique to remove the nucleus pulposus and retool the morphology of the nucleus pulposus to create a powder material (10) that is dry and can be stored at room temperature for long periods of time. This powder (10) can then be reconstituted with a variety of fluids, the most suitable being normal saline or lactated ringers to form a flowable mixture (20).
Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions for promoting hair follicle regeneration and their respective preparation methods are provided to overcome the ineffectiveness and low efficiency of the conventional hair follicle regeneration techniques. The methods for preparing the pharmaceutical compositions for promoting hair follicle regeneration include seeding dermal papilla cells and adipocyte lineage cells on a culture material in order for the dermal papilla cells and the adipocyte lineage cells to jointly assemble cell spheres. The pharmaceutical compositions can effectively enhance the effect and efficiency of hair follicle regeneration and thereby promote the regeneration of hair follicles.
Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for reducing the extent of light-induced tissue injury. The method comprises applying a therapeutically effective amount of Amnion-derived Cellular Cytokine Solution (ACCS) to the tissue prior to or as soon as possible following exposure to the light. In one particular example, the ACCS is applied within 90 minutes following exposure to the light.
Abstract: Acellular amnion derived therapeutic compositions are described having a number of various compositional embodiments. An acellular amnion derived therapeutic composition has essentially no live or active amniotic cells. The amniotic cells may be destroyed and the cells and cell debris may be removed from the acellular amnion derived therapeutic composition. An acellular amnion derived therapeutic composition may comprise micronized placental tissue particles, and/or amniotic fluid. An acellular amnion derived therapeutic composition may be a dispersion of micronized amniotic membrane combined with a fluid, such as plasma, saline, amniotic fluid, combinations thereof and the like. An acellular amnion derived therapeutic composition may be combined with a matrix component to form a composite. An acellular amnion derived therapeutic composition may be used in conjunction with a composition comprising viable cells, such as stem cells.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 14, 2015
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Christian Beaudry, Terrell Suddarth, Bruce Werber
Abstract: The invention is directed to methods for the treatment of diseases and conditions caused by increased vascular permeability. The invention is also directed to methods for returning vascular permeability that is a symptom of a disease or condition to a homeostatic state. Specifically, the invention is directed to methods for the treatment of diseases and conditions caused by increased vascular permeability or returning vascular permeability that is a symptom of a disease or condition to a homeostatic state by administering to a subject suffering from such diseases and conditions and symptoms novel cellular factor-containing solution compositions (referred to herein as “CFS” compositions), including novel sustained-release cellular factor-containing solution compositions (referred to herein as “SR-CFS” compositions).
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 28, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Applicant:
Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Larry R. Brown, Richard A. Banas, Howard C. Wessel, Elise M. Gill
Abstract: A first aspect of the invention relates to the bacterial species Roseburia hominis for use in: regulating the immune system of a subject treating an immune disorder; treating an intestinal disorder; improving intestinal microbiota; regulating the innate immune system of a subject; regulating the adaptive immune system of a subject; regulating appetite in a subject; promoting Tregs and immune tolerance; promoting gut health in a subject; and/or maintaining immune homeostasis in a subject. Further aspects of the invention relate to compositions comprising Roseburia hominis.
Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of medicine and nutrition, more specifically, to the field of treatment and prevention of human disorders such as depression, rumination, aggression, migraine, autistic spectrum disorders (including autism and ADHD), schizophrenia, chronic fatigue, kidney disorders, metabolic syndrome or diabetes type II. The disclosure provides a pharmaceutical or food composition or a supplement comprising a multispecies probiotic composition at least comprising Bifidobacterium bifidum W23 for use in the treatment or prevention of disorders in humans and methods to use such a pharmaceutical or food composition or a supplement.
Abstract: The present invention features methods for treating or reducing the severity of a microbial infection in an infant of a lactating mother. Compositions comprising food products fermented by Lactobacillus paracasei CBA L74, International Depository Accession Number LMG P-24778 are administered to a pregnant or lactating mother in order to treat or attenuate the severity of a microbial infection in her offspring.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 25, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Francesca Romana Fasano, Maria Rescigno
Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a compositions and combinations for simultaneous, separate or sequential use which comprises (a) an oncolytic vaccinia virus that expresses a cytokine and a carboxylesterase enzyme, and, preferably, (b) a cancer co-drug, and to their uses for the treatment of cancer.
Abstract: The present invention relates to: a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating menopausal disorders, containing a Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze extract or a fraction thereof; a method for preventing or treating menopausal disorders, comprising a step of administering the pharmaceutical composition; and a food composition containing the extract or a fraction thereof. The Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze extract of the present invention shows effects of alleviating obesity, which is representative of glucose metabolism disorders and lipid metabolism disorders, osteoporosis, which is representative of bone homeostasis disorders, and flushing, which is representative of energy metabolism disorders, and thus the extract can be used in food, a medicine and the like so as to prevent, alleviate or treat menopausal disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 31, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Byoung Seob Ko, Sun Min Park, Hye Won Lee, Jin Ah Ryuk, In Sil Park, Su Ran Kim
Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compounds and methods for reducing inflammation, blood sugar, gastric acid, symptoms of allergy, common cold and flu, as well as treating infections and pain associated with trauma, medical procedure, and diseases and disorders in subjects in need thereof. The compounds and methods proposed by this invention are related to essentially a mixture of naturally accruing and/or synthetic substances in certain ratios, administration protocols, and delivery systems that amplify their medicinal qualities and reduce side effects, making their clinical application feasible.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preventing, improving or treating a periodontal disease, by administering a composition containing a moringa extract and a eucommia bark extract as active ingredients. More specifically, the complex composition of a moringa extract and a eucommia bark extract according to the present invention provides a synergistic effect in improvement of a periodontal disease including gingivitis and periodontitis. Especially, it exhibits an effect of directly preventing or improving a periodontal disease through antioxidant, antibacterial or anti-inflammatory effect, improvement of alveolar bone loss and regeneration of alveolar bone, etc. Accordingly, it can be usefully used as a food, a medicine, a quasi-drug, etc.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 21, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Beom-Rak CHOI, Hye-Rim PARK, Hae-Yeon LEE
Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to tomato extracts and particularly, but not exclusively to preparing and using tomato extracts as an anti-hypertensive agent to modulate blood pressure.
Abstract: An object is to find out a safe component that can effectively exhibit action including the protection of a brain function, the prevention or alleviation of a reduction in cognitive ability, and the prevention or alleviation of dementia. A component of a plant body of a hybrid between Camellia sinensis and Camellia taliensis is contained as an active component. The hybrid between Camellia sinensis and Camellia taliensis is preferably Sunrouge. A tea leaf extract of the plant body of the hybrid between Camellia sinensis and Camellia taliensis is preferably contained.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 24, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Applicants:
NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
Abstract: The invention provides a composition rich in flavonoids based on natural extracts, comprising a flavonoid extract dispersed by melt mixing or extrusion and encapsulated in a polymer matrix. The invention is also a novel dietary supplement with the naturally occurring ingredient (?)-epicatechin, cacao extracted, that could potentially prevent or reduce the risk of Atherosclerotic pathology. The use of (?)-epicatechin is promising as a therapeutic agent due to its potential antioxidant activity and its diverse biological properties. (?)-Epicatechins are chemically unstable and extensively degraded in fluids of near neutral or greater pH, such as intestinal juice and bile. Current technologies used for taste masking and modified release as spray drying, liposome entrapment, co-crystallization, freeze drying, among others, suffer from numerous shortcomings, including poor repeatability and limitations on target delivery.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 23, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Omar Augusto Estrada Ramirez, Laura Restrepo Uribe, Maria del Pilar Noriega Escobar, Katalina Muñoz Durango, Catalina María Álvarez Ramírez, Juan Camilo Mazo Rivas, Lucas Penagos Vélez
Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for the treatment, identification, diagnosis, and prognosis of dystonia, or dystonia related disorders.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 29, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Nicole Calakos, Zachary F. Caffall, Joseph Rittiner, Min Shen, Jennifer T. Fox, Zhuyin Li
Abstract: A method for raising poultry includes feeding poultry with a feed comprising oxidized glutathione during a period between hatching and 24 to 168 hours after the hatching.
Abstract: The present invention provides 75 kD transmembrane neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) antagonists and their use in prevention and treatment of loss of function, and adverse remodeling, in cardiac tissues subject to acute or chronic hemodynamic stress. Uses of the antagonists with or without additional cardiotropic agents for improving contractility and for treatment of congestive heart failure are also provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 22, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Nazareno Paolocci, Ning Feng, Carlo G. Tocchetti, Cyrus Takahashi, Bruce Carter
Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising Larazotide. The invention further provides methods of using the Larazotide compositions for treating celiac disease in symptomatic celiac disease patients.
Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated or purified or partially purified peptide derived molecules having the following general formula (S1): X-[(Pro)n-His-Pro-His-Ala-Arg-Ile-Lys]m-Y. The peptides are for medical use, in particular as anti-tumoral agents.
Abstract: A treatment window for the intravenous treatment of wounds, including thermal and chemical burns, with cP12 is presented. In particular, Applicants have unexpectedly found that delaying intravenous treatment with fibronectin-derived peptides, such as cP12, from 2 to 6 hours, particularly about 4 hours, after wounding, provides superior wound-closing results than treatment at 1 hour or after 8 or more hours.
Abstract: Methods and compositions used in treating traumatic brain injury using a recombinant DR?-MOG-35-55 construct are disclosed. The disclosed methods involve administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising DR?-MOG-35-55 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to a subject that has had a traumatic brain injury.
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an Engrailed protein as a medicament for increasing dopamine synthesis by dopaminergic neurons, in particular in the management of conditions associated with a decrease of dopamine levels without loss of dopaminergic neurons.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 16, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Applicants:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, College de France
Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for delivering biological moieties such as modified nucleic acids into cells to kill or reduce the growth of microorganisms. Such compositions and methods include the use of modified messenger RNAs, and are useful to treat or prevent microbial infection, or to improve a subject's heath or wellbeing.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 16, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Applicant:
ModernaTX, Inc.
Inventors:
Stephane Bancel, Jason P. Schrum, Alexander Aristarkhov
Abstract: A genetic method to kill cancer by suffocation is presented. The invention involves directly administering a bacterial plasmid in the form of an expression vector to cancer cells or tissue in a patient with cancerous growth. The plasmid is in the form of an expression vector with a nucleic acid encoding the silk protein gene.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 20, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Milton J. Silverman, JR., Franco A. Ferrari
Abstract: Combined preparations, and pharmaceutical compositions, comprising: (a) LAG-3 protein, or a derivative thereof that is able to bind to MHC class II molecules; and (b) a programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) pathway inhibitor, are described. The PD-1 pathway inhibitor, such as an anti-PD-1 antibody or an anti-PD-L1 antibody, and a soluble derivative of LAG-3, acting as an APC activator, together synergistically activate T cells (in particular, CD8+ T cells). Use of the combined preparations and compositions as medicaments, in particular for the treatment of cancer or infection, and to methods for the treatment of cancer or infection, is described.
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a Mechano Growth Factor (MGF) polypeptide or a polynucleotide encoding an MGF polypeptide in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or limitation of myocardial damage in response to ischemia or mechanical overload of the heart by preventing or limiting apoptosis in the myocardium.
Abstract: Provided wherein are methods for treating inflammation. In one embodiment, the method includes administering an effective amount of a composition to a subject having or at risk of having a condition that includes inflammation. The condition can be arthritis, tendonitis, osteoarthritis, fibrosis, shingles, psoriasis, acne, or dermatitis. Examples of dermatitis include atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, and seborrhoeic dermatitis. In one embodiment, the method includes administering an effective amount of a composition to a subject having pain, heat, and/or redness associated with inflammation. In one embodiment, the composition administered can include active TGF-? at a concentration of at least 0.001 nanograms/gram (ng/g). Optionally, the active TGF-? can be at a concentration of no greater than 4000 ng/g.
Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating disease-states associated with presence of increased number of ErbB4+ pro-inflammatory macrophages in a subject in need thereof. The methods include providing an activator of ErbB4 and administering a therapeutically effective amount of the activator to the subject. The compositions include an activator of ErbB4. In one embodiment, the activation of ErbB4 is Neuregulin-4.
Abstract: Disclosed are polypeptides that are analogs of urocortin 2 that have pharmacological activity similar to urocortin 2 but have improved water solubility compared to urocortin 2, and pharmaceutical compositions of the polypeptides of the present invention. Also disclosed are polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of treating pathophysiological states employing pharmaceutical compositions of the polypeptides and polynucleotides of the present invention. In addition, disclosed are vectors and host cells that include a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide of the present invention, and kits that include pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 13, 2018
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Applicant:
Research Development Foundation
Inventors:
Wylie W. VALE, JR., Joan M. VAUGHAN, Cindy DONALDSON, Wolfgang FISCHER, Jean E. F. RIVIER
Abstract: The disclosure provides one-component, injectable, sustained release formulations which comprise microspheres containing active pharmaceutical ingredients (e.g., exenatide), wherein the microspheres are suspended in a non-aqueous carrier. The non-aqueous carrier can be an oil, a fractionated oil, triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides, propylene glycol fatty acid diesters, and the like. The formulations offer distinct advantages of long shelf life for the stability and potency of the formulation and sustained release of active pharmaceutical ingredients to reduce the frequency of medication dosing and to increase patient compliance.
Abstract: Peptide sequences that can serve as agonists of both the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-IR) and the neuropeptide Y2 receptor (NPYR2). The peptide sequences include regions that correspond to certain aspect of natural substrates and known agonists of the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-IR) and the neuropeptide Y2 receptor (NPYR2) in a single sequence.
Abstract: Certain embodiments are directed to a formulation of a therapeutic agent, as well as a method of making such a formulation, comprising at least one therapeutic agent dissolved in an aprotic polar solvent system comprising at least one ionization stabilizing excipient in a concentration sufficient to impart physical and chemical stability to the therapeutic agent.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 25, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Steven PRESTRELSKI, Martin DONOVAN, Michael SANDOVAL
Abstract: The invention provides reagents, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of prevention of disorders and diseases related to defects in trigeminal innervation of the cornea, stem cell deficiency, nonhealing epithelial wounds and particularly to diseases such as neurotrophic keratopathy.
Abstract: A method of promoting nerve growth or regeneration in a subject in need thereof, wherein the subject is not afflicted with a substantial connective tissue damage, is provided. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of full-length amelogenin, thereby promoting nerve growth or regeneration in the subject.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 29, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Inventors:
Amir HAZE, Anat BLUMENFELD, Dan DEUTSCH
Abstract: The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids, including nucleic acids encoding proteins, therapeutics and cosmetics comprising nucleic acids, methods for delivering nucleic acids to cells, tissues, organs, and patients, methods for inducing cells to express proteins using nucleic acids, methods, kits and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, therapeutics, and cosmetics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods and products for altering the DNA sequence of a cell are described, as are methods and products for inducing cells to express proteins using synthetic RNA molecules, including cells present in vivo. Therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding gene-editing proteins are also described.
Abstract: Embodiments of the technology described herein are based, in part, upon the discovery that NETosis, the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) is increased in wounds, in organ fibrosis and in subjects with diabetes. Accordingly, methods for treating wounds, fibrosis and NET associated complications in diabetes are provided. The methods comprise administrating a therapeutically effective amount of at least one anti-NET compound to a subject in need of treatment, e.g. a PAD 4 inhibitor, a DNase, a histone-degrading enzyme; an inhibitor of chromatin decondensation; an antibody against a component of a NET; an inhibitor of NET release, a protease inhibitor, or an elastase inhibitor.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 19, 2016
Publication date:
September 27, 2018
Applicant:
THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
Inventors:
Denisa D. WAGNER, Siu Ling WONG, Kimberly Lindsay MARTINOD, Luise ERPENBECK, Jörn Thilo WITSCH, Alexander SAVCHENKO