Glucose oxidase compositions as a neonate anticonvulsant

    公开(公告)号:US10213491B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-26

    申请号:US15860966

    申请日:2018-01-03

    发明人: Gong Chen Zheng Wu

    IPC分类号: A61K38/44 A61P25/08

    摘要: Neonatal seizure is different from adult seizure, and many antiepileptic drugs that are effective in adults often fail to treat neonatal seizure. Gluconic acid, a natural organic acid enriched in fruits and honey, and the glucose oxidase enzyme, is shown herein to potently inhibit neonatal epilepsy both in vitro and in vivo. Sodium gluconate is shown to inhibit epileptiform burst activity in cell cultures and protect neurons from kainic acid-induced cell death. Sodium gluconate also inhibited epileptiform burst activity in brain slices in a manner that was much more potent in neonatal animals than in older animals. Consistently, in vivo EEG recordings also revealed that sodium gluconate inhibited the epileptic seizure activity in a manner that was much more potent in neonates than in adult animals. Mechanistically, sodium gluconate inhibits voltage-dependent CLC-3 Cl− channels both in neuronal cultures and in hippocampal slices. Together, these data suggest a novel antiepileptic drug gluconate that potently inhibits neonatal seizures through blocking CLC-3 Cl− channels.

    Guitar support
    115.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10176790B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15873460

    申请日:2018-01-17

    发明人: Jonathan J. Gangi

    IPC分类号: G10G5/00

    摘要: A guitar support for supporting a guitar during a performance includes a base, a stand having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a curved middle portion. A lower end of the lower portion is connected to the base. A shaped support element is connected to a top end of the upper portion, the shaped support element having a top surface shaped to support a guitar body.

    Bioelastomers and applications thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10106647B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US14916140

    申请日:2014-09-04

    发明人: Jian Yang Jinshan Guo

    摘要: In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition described herein comprises the reaction product of (i) citric acid, a citrate, or an ester of citric acid with (ii) a polyol, and (iii) a monomer comprising one or more alkyne moieties and/or azide moieties. The reaction product, in some instances, comprises a polymer. Further, in some cases, a composition described herein comprises a plurality of polymers. In some embodiments, the polymers are selected to be reactive with one another through a click chemistry reaction scheme to form a polymer network. In another aspect, medical implants and medical devices are described herein, the implants and devices comprising a polymer or polymer network described herein.

    Method for Diagnosing Lactation Sufficiency
    120.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180299468A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US15766889

    申请日:2016-10-10

    IPC分类号: G01N33/68 C12Q1/6883

    摘要: The present invention provides for the first time the identification of breastmilk exosomal biomarkers useful in diagnosing lactation insufficiency. The present invention therefore provides methods, kits and systems for diagnosing lactation insufficiency, by examining relevant proteins and RNA in exosomes isolated from a patient's breastmilk.