Abstract:
A method of predicting the responsiveness of a subject having a disease to a treatment with an inhibitor of Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2 (IDO), an inhibitor of tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (TDO), or an inhibitor of the IDO/TDO pathway and/or an additional therapy comprises performing a genotype assay to determine the presence, absence or mutation of the Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 2 (ID02) gene at the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) site rs4503084 and the SNP site rs10109853.
Abstract:
A personal injury mitigation device for sensing a fall condition and responsively deploying a protective device in bathrooms or other elevated-risk spatial environments. A fall sensing system of the device includes a sensor and an analysis module that processes a signal from the sensor to determine whether a fall condition exists, and if so, transmits a trigger signal to a deployment system. The deployment system includes a stored energy system and an actuation system operable to release stored energy in response to receipt of the trigger signal. An impact mitigation device receives the released energy from the deployment system, which causes deployment of a protective device (such as an airbag) from a housing in which the protective device is stored in a compact state. In the deployed state, the protective device is operable to protect a person against injury due to impact resulting from a fall.
Abstract:
Compositions and methods for the treatment of a disease or disorder are disclosed. Specifically, methods for inhibiting, treating, and/or preventing inflammatory disease in patients in need thereof are provided. The methods comprise the administration of at least one antibody or antibody fragment immunologically specific for bridging integrator I (Bin 1), particularly the Myc binding domain.