Abstract:
A method and composition for treating a Hepatitis B patient having hepatic decompensation utilizes Hepatitis B virus-reducing amounts of T alpha 1, administered to a patient having decompensated liver disease so as to render the patient seronegative for Hepatitis B virus DNA.
Abstract:
A method of treating Hepatitis C by administering an immune system-potentiating dose of at least one Thymosin or system-potentiating Thymosin fragment to a mammal infected with Hepatitis C virus, which Hepatitis C infection in the mammal is non-responsive to treatment with interferon alone.
Abstract:
Dioxetanes which couple with organic and biological molecules of the formula:
wherein X is a leaving group which is removed by an activating agent to produce light, wherein A is a coupling substituent, Ar is a substituent selected from the group consisting of phenyl and naphthyl to provide a label are described. R₁ is an optional linker substituent and can have between 1 and 30 carbon atoms with some of the carbon atoms being oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen or phosphorus. Ar as phenyl is preferred. The dioxetane coupled molecules are useful in assays of all types where luminescence can be used as an indicator.
Abstract:
Shaped synthetic diamond articles are fabricated by vapour deposition of synthetic diamond on releasable moulds. A process is also provided for forming a shaped synthetic diamond article by coating a mould with an etchable layer and then depositing synthetic diamond on the etchable layer; the etchable layer is thereafter removed in an etchant bath, releasing the diamond article from the mould. The synthetic diamond articles are useful as high-temperature, corrosion resistant vessels and as wear surfaces.
Abstract:
The use of calcium channel blocker compounds as antitumor and antimetastatic agents in mammals in vivo and in standard laboratory experiments with tumor cells in vitro is described. In particular the use of nimodipine (Bay e 9736) or nifedipine (Bay a 1040) and structurally related compounds as described.
Abstract:
Compositions synergiques anti-microbiennes contenant un mélange d'un comnplexe métallique d'un ligant organique polyfonctionnel et une composition biocidale contenant ou libérant un aldéhyde inférieur, celui-ci contenant de 1 à 5 atomes de carbone. Lesdites compositions sont particulièrement utiles en tant que fluides pour le travail des métaux présentant un Ph alcalin. Elles offrent également un large spectre d'action contre les champignons et les bactéries.
Abstract:
The invention relates to compositions for the treatment of malignant tumors in a mammal which comprise:
(a) a calcium channel blocker compound of the dihydropyridine class selected from the group consisting of wherein R₁ and R₂ are methyl groups, R₃ and R₄ are alkyl or alkyloxyalkylene groups containing l to 8 carbon atoms and R₅ and R₆ are hydrogen or one or two electron withdrawing substituents; and (b) a platinum coordination compound which has antitumor properties in humans wherein the weight ratio of the calcium channel blocker compound to the platinum coordination compound is between l and l000 and l0 to l.
Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the treatment of malignant tumors in vitro by administering the afore-mentioned compositions.
Abstract:
In accordance with the present invention, a novel composite prosthesis comprises a vein (26) and a cylindrical-shaped member (50). The vein is a vein segment removed from a patient and the cylindrical-shaped member, preferably an expandable stent (50), is glued, sutured, or in some other fashion affixed to the outside surface of the vein (26). The vein segment of the combination is referred to as a vein graft or vein implant to distinguish it from the vascular structure into which it is inserted as a part of the combination. This composite prosthesis is then introduced inside a body passageway, such as diseased arterial segment or inside a saphenous vein graft segment which by-passes an arterial segment. It may be introduced by placement over a balloon catheter (72, 74). When the balloon (74) is inflated, the stent (50) and vein graft (26) expand. The stent prevents recoil and keeps the vein graft tissue in place, while the vein graft forms a new inner lining for the vessel. It is preferred that the vein graft portion of the composite prosthesis be the patient's own vein.
Abstract:
A method and composition for treating a Hepatitis B patient having hepatic decompensation utilizes Hepatitis B virus-reducing amounts of Tα1, administered to a patient having decompensated liver disease so as to render the patient seronegative for Hepatitis B virus DNA.