Abstract:
Methods and systems for infusing a cooled infusate to a target location in a patient are described. A temperature of the blood and infusate admixture upstream of the catheter as well as at other locations along the catheter may be monitored and a feedback system utilized to control the volume, temperature, and/or infusion rate of the infusate so as to achieve a predetermined temperature at the target location. The system may monitor or calculate hematocrit upstream of the catheter and adjust infusion so as to provide sufficient oxygenation of the blood and infusate admixture . The system may also monitor reflux of the infusate past a distal end of the catheter and reduce infusion upon the detection of reflux.
Abstract:
The invention provides methods of treating bone cancer, particularly metastatic bone cancer, by administering an IGF-IR antagonist and/or a PDGFRα antagonist. The invention also provides antibodies that bind to human PDGFRα and neutralize activation of the receptor. The invention further provides a methods for neutralizing activation of PDGFRα, and a methods of treating a mammal with a neoplastic disease using the antibodie alone or in combination with other agents.
Abstract:
Provided herein are recombinant antibodies, antigen-binding fragments, and fusion proteins thereof useful for binding to and inhibiting programmed death 1 (PD-1), nucleic acid molecules encoding the same and therapeutic compositions thereof, as well as methods of using such antibodies, including the methods for enhancing T cell and NK cell function to increase cell and cytokine mediated immunity and methods of treatment of various immune dysfunction related disorders including cancer and infectious diseases.
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for treating a pregnancy related hypertensive disorder, such as pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, using ex vivo treatment with an anti-sEng antibody bound to a solid support in order to reduce blood levels of sEng. The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing a disorder associated with soluble Endoglin (sEng), such as a pregnancy-related hypertensive disorder, in a subject in need thereof comprising providing ex vivo to the subject anti-sEng antibodies or sEng-binding fragments thereof in an amount sufficient and for a time sufficient to decrease the subject's blood levels of sEng to treat or prevent the disorder associated with sEng in the subject.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides polynucleotide constructs for the modulation of target gene expression by aptamer-mediated ribonuclease cleavage of the target gene RNA and methods of using the constructs to modulate gene expression in response to the presence or absence of a ligand that binds the aptamer. The polynucleotide constructs contains a ribonuclease substrate sequence (e.g., an RNase P substrate) and a riboswitch comprising an effector region and an aptamer such that when the aptamer binds a ligand, target gene expression occurs.
Abstract:
The invention relates to compositions comprising a heterogeneous population of T cells with reactivity to selected antigens that are useful for adoptive immunotherapy and methods for making the T cell compositions.
Abstract:
The invention provides polynucleotide constructs for the regulation of gene expression by aptamer-based modulation of self-cleaving ribozymes and methods of using the constructs to regulate gene expression in response to the presence or absence of a ligand that binds the aptamer. The invention further provides methods for making and using riboswitches that decrease target gene expression in response to an aptamer ligand as well as riboswitches that increase target gene expression in response to an aptamer ligand.
Abstract:
Provided are bispecific binding proteins such as bispecific antibodies that bind to both human PD-L1 and human KDR. The bispecific binding proteins are useful for treating diseases and conditions characterized by immunosuppression and/or excessive angiogenesis.
Abstract:
Provided are methods of treating infectious diseases in mammals comprising administering a compound that inhibits glucose uptake. Particular infectious diseases that may be treated include malaria, leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis, tuberculosis, HIV, HCMV or herpes virus. In a first aspect, the invention features a method of treating infectious diseases in a mammal, comprising administering to a mammalian subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or prodrug thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester of said compound or prodrug, wherein the compound is an inhibitor of glucose uptake.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the field of polymers and olefin polymerization, and more specifically olefin metathesis polymerization. The invention provides regioregular alternating polymers and methods of synthesizing such polymers. To demonstrate, polymers were synthesized and modified with a FRET pair (Trp/ Dansyl) post-polymerization.