Abstract:
Provided is a method for treating, attenuating and/or preventing progression of a liver disorder in a subject, the method including administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of interfering with, inhibiting and/or preventing neuroligin 4 (NLGn4)-Neurexin 1-beta (Nrx1b) protein-protein interaction. Also provided are compositions including the agent.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are compositions, methods and uses utilizing alginate compositions, for treating, preventing and/or reducing liver damage induced by a hepatotoxic agent, and for treating a medical condition treatable by a hepatotoxic agent, in which an alginate composition is administered prior to, concomitant with, or shortly after exposure to a hepatotoxic agent. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a hepatotoxic agent and an alginate composition and uses thereof for treating medical conditions treatable by the hepatotoxic agent.
Abstract:
Methods of treating liver diseases are provided. Accordingly there is provided a method of treating a liver disease selected from the group consisting of fatty liver disease and chronic liver rejection in a subject in need thereof, wherein said liver disease is not associated with genetic alpha-1 anti-trypsin (AAT) deficiency, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of AAT.
Abstract:
A method of selecting retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells from a mixed population of cells is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) analyzing the cells of the mixed population of cells for at least one of the following parameters: (i) cells which autofluorescence above a predetermined threshold; (ii) cells which express CD81 above a predetermined threshold; and (iii) cells which scatter light perpendicular to a laser beam above a predetermined threshold; and (b) selecting cells which are positive for at least one of the parameters, thereby sorting RPE cells from a mixed population of cells.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for the treatment of hepatic disorders in a subject in need thereof. More specifically, the methods of the invention are based on the administration, preferably, systemic administration, of a therapeutically effective amount of at least one biocompatible alginate biomaterial, any modification thereof and any combination thereof. The invention further provides methods for sustaining serum albumin levels, and/or reducing serum AST and ALT, in subjects suffering from hepatic disorder. Still further, the invention provides methods for reducing apoptosis and inducing cell proliferation in a damaged liver tissue of a subject suffering of hepatic disorder, using the alginate biomaterial described by the invention.
Abstract:
Pharmaceutical compositions including combinations of protective agents selected from isosilybin B, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), phosphatidylcholine, cysteine (Cys), seleno-cysteine (Se-Cys), ribose-cysteine (RibCys), N-acetylcysteine (NAC), N-acetylcysteine-amide (AD4), methionine (Met) and S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) for reducing and/or preventing drug-induced toxicity, such as acetaminophen-induced toxicity. The compositions may be formulated with or without acetaminophen, and accordingly may be used as safe formulations of acetaminophen with reduced risk of causing liver damage, or as an antidote for the treatment of acetaminophen overdose. Methods for treating acetaminophen intoxication.
Abstract:
A guided tracheal intubation system using an autonomous modulated light source, outputting modulated illumination at a constant level, and externally applied to the subject's larynx region. An optical imaging system receives a video stream from within the subject's throat, including modulated illumination from the subject's trachea. A display control system performs signal processing on the modulated content of the images, and outputs frames of those images in which the intensity level of illumination from the trachea can be controlled without any need to change the illumination output from the modulated light source. The light source has no connection with the rest of the system, and need contain no more than a battery, a power supply circuit and a light source. It can therefore be of low cost and can be made disposable, such as in the form of an adhesive patch applied to the subject's neck.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to cancer immunotherapy, specifically to allogeneic tumor cell vaccines. According to some embodiments, the invention provides novel cell lines useful as therapeutic cell vaccine compositions. The invention further provides advantageous screening methods and means for identifying patients amenable for treatment with partially Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) matched allogeneic cell vaccines. Therapeutic compositions and methods for use in proliferative disorders are further provided.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods kits and combined compositions using DFO-metal complexes, specifically, Zinc-desferrioxamine (Zn-DFO), gallium-desferrioxamine (Ga-DFO) complexes and any combinations thereof for preventing, treating, ameliorating or inhibiting an immune-related disorder, specifically, a skin-related inflammatory disorder such as psoriasis, an inflammatory respiratory condition such as asthma, and an autoimmune disease such as diabetes and any immune-related disorder.
Abstract:
A method of selecting retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells from a mixed population of cells is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) analyzing the cells of the mixed population of cells for at least one of the following parameters: (i) cells which autofluorescence above a predetermined threshold; (ii) cells which express CD81 above a predetermined threshold; and (iii) cells which scatter light perpendicular to a laser beam above a predetermined threshold; and (b) selecting cells which are positive for at least one of the parameters, thereby sorting RPE cells from a mixed population of cells.