Abstract:
The present invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using a fusion protein comprising a superoxide dismutase and a transit peptide. The present invention also discloses pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the fusion protein in combination with other antiretro viral agents for treating patients with AIDS or HTV infection.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a drug activator carrier comprising: a) particles having a metallic or metallic oxide core prepared from a paramagnetic material, said metallic core being coated with a coating material selected from polymer, metal or metal oxide; b) a biological material, having reductase activity, bound onto the metal coating the particles of step a), and wherein said biological material is capable of activating non-toxic pro-drugs into active and toxic drugs suitable for treating a disease; said drug activator carrier allowing targeted delivery of the toxic drug.
Abstract:
Enzyme-activatable photosensitizing polymer conjugates are disclosed for photochemotherapeutic treatment of human diseases and disorders, bacteriologic or virologic indications, cosmetic applications and other pathologic situations. These polymer conjugates may comprise a polymer carrier, a photosensitizer, a quencher, a targeting molecule and/or a biocompatibilizing unit. These macromolecular conjugates may be designed to guide to the target tissue a photosensitizing agent in an inactive, non-phototoxic form. However, upon entering the target environment, in which certain enzymes are presently active, the conjugate may release its photosensitizers in its fully active form, resulting in a highly localized activation of the photoactive agent. Also described here are methods, compositions and kits for the preparation and testing of such photochemotherapeutic conjugates.
Abstract:
The use of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) in the treatment of tumour by extratumoural administration of said HSV, and the use of HSV in treatment of tumour by combination therapy with a pharmaceutical wherein the HSV and/or pharmaceutical is administered at an extratumoural location, is disclosed.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of gene therapy in the treatment of aseptic loosening of orthopaedic prostheses and discloses methods of refixing such prostheses without open revision surgery. In particular, it provides prodrugs and adenoviral vectors comprising genes encoding prodrugs converting enzymes for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in the destruction of interface tissue allowing subsequent recementing of loose prostheses in a minimally invasive manner.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method for inhibiting the growth of a microorganism that expresses Peptide Deformylase by contacting the microorganism with an effective amount of the compound described herein. This method inhibits the growth of gram-positive and gram-negative microorganism, e.g., S. aureus, S. epidermidis, K. pneumoniae, E. aerogenes, and E. cloacae. This method can be practiced in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo. Further provided is a method for alleviating the symptoms of an infection by a Peptide Deformylase expressing microorganism in a subject by administering or delivering to the subject an effective amount of the compound described above.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to polypeptides engineered to bind a target and have at least two functional domains.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method for inhibiting the growth of a microorganism that expresses Peptide Deformylase by contacting the microorganism with an effective amount of the compound described herein. This method inhibits the growth of gram-positive and gram-negative microorganism, e.g., S. aureus, S. epidermidis, K. pneumoniae, E. aerogenes, and E. cloacae. This method can be practiced in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo. Further provided is a method for alleviating the symptoms of an infection by a Peptide Deformylase expressing microorganism in a subject by administering or delivering to the subject an effective amount of the compound described above.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of treating a solid tumour in a subject, the method comprising the following steps(i) delivering to the solid tumour a composition comprising an engineered ovine atadenovirus; and(ii) administering a prodrug to the subject,wherein the engineered ovine atadenovirus comprises a promoter and a gene encoding an enzyme which converts the prodrug to a cytotoxic metabolite, the gene being under the control of the promoter.
Abstract:
This invention features a method of identifying a compound useful for enhancing efficacy of a therapeutic agent. The method includes incubating a compound in blood cells; separating immune cells from erythrocytic cells; and determining the ratio of the concentration of the compound in the immune cells to the concentration of the compound in the erythrocytic cells; wherein the compound comprises a transportophore and a therapeutic agent, in which the transportophore is covalently bonded to the therapeutic agent via a bond or a linker.