Abstract:
A method of treating a disease or condition in which up-regulating GAGs is therapeutically beneficial is disclosed. The method comprises locally administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of down-regulating activity or expression of a component of the renin-angiotensin system.
Abstract:
A method is provided for determining the gender and/or chromosomal abnormality, e.g. chromosomal aneuploidy of a fetus comprising identifying fetal cells in a transcervical cell sample obtained from a pregnant woman, for example with an antibody specific to the HLA-G antigen expressed only by extravillous trophoblast cells, and then subjecting the identified fetal cells to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with one or more probes for detecting the sex of the fetus or a chromosomal abnormality such as a monosomy, a trisomy or a polyploidy, e.g. triploidy.
Abstract:
The use of mevalonolactone is provided for treating, preventing or alleviating diseases, disorders or conditions associated, directly or indirectly, with reduced mevalonic acid production in the mevalonate pathway, for example, due to damaged or hindered HMG CoA-reductase enzyme. Oral administration of mevalonolactone is provided for treating muscle cell and/or tissue damage caused at least in part due to impaired mevalonic acid production, as effected in diseases and disorders such as myopathy, statin-associated muscle symptom (SAMS), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM), rhabdomyolysis, muscular toxicity syndrome, myalgia, sarcopenia, and limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD).
Abstract:
Using microstate data to evaluate Alzheimer's disease including dementia and/or mild cognitive impairment and/or depression and optionally provide treatment based on the diagnosis and/or modify treatment and/or diagnosis based on response to treatment, optionally as measured using microstate data. In one example, the method includes analyzing EEG data to generate one or more EEG parameter; and generating a risk for one or both of depression and MCI (mild cognitive impairment) based on said one or more EEG parameters. Optionally, the disease comprises MCI. Optionally, the disease comprises depression. Optionally, the one or more EEG parameter comprises a microstate-derived parameter. Optionally, the one or more EEG parameter comprises a microstate duration derived parameter.
Abstract:
Methods for treatment of cornea epithelium pathologies and conditions, which may benefit from treatment of mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondrial destruction and/or mitochondrial depletion in the eye, are disclosed. These methods comprise the transplantation of viable exogenous, isolated mitochondria to the cornea, for example, by topical application of designated eyedrops.
Abstract:
A method of distinguishing sleep period states that a person experiences during a sleep period, the method comprising: using a non-contact microphone to acquire a sleep sound signal representing sounds made by a person during sleep; segmenting the sleep sound signals into epochs; generating a sleep sound feature vector for each epoch; providing a first model that gives a probability that a given sleep period state experienced by the person in a given epoch exhibits a given sleep sound feature vector; providing a second model that gives a probability that a first sleep period state associated with a first epoch transitions to a second sleep period state associated with a subsequent second epoch; and processing the feature vectors using the first and second models to determine a sleep period state of the person from a plurality of possible sleep period states for each of the epochs.
Abstract:
A new approach is presented to reduce encrustation of catheters by the application of nanoparticles. It is demonstrated that the negatively surface charged nanoparticles produce coating films comprised of long-range domains in which the nanoparticles are self-assembled into a mosaic-like order, showing a relatively small tendency to agglomerate.
Abstract:
Methods for treatment of ocular diseases and conditions associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, mitochondrial destruction and/or mitochondrial depletion in the eye, are disclosed. These methods comprise the transplantation of viable exogenous, isolated mitochondria to ocular tissues. Mitochondrial transplantation is effective in treatment of, e.g., an ocular manifestation of a disease or disorder in a subject, an ophthalmic disease, disorder or condition associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, and/or an ocular ischemic insult in a subject.
Abstract:
A method of treating a malignant disease in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a first liquid chromatography fraction of a cannabis extract comprising at least 75% tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), and a therapeutically effective amount of a second liquid chromatography fraction of a cannabis extract comprising at least 75% cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), wherein the first liquid chromatography fraction comprises cannabis derived active ingredients other than the THCA, and the second liquid chromatography fraction comprises cannabis derived active ingredients other than the CBGA, thereby treating the malignant disease in the subject.
Abstract:
Embodiments concern an optical eye-contact device comprising a lens body having a symmetry axis and which further comprises a light-transmissive portion and an opaque portion, wherein the light-transmissive portion is decentered with respect to the symmetry axis.