Abstract:
The invention provides compounds of formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein [D] is the residue of a drug having a reactive functional group, said functional group being attached, directly or through a bridging group, via an oxygen-phosphorus bond to the phosphorus atom of the (a) moiety; R1 is C1-C8 alkyl, C6-C10 aryl or C7-C12 aralkyl, with the proviso that when [D] is the residue of a drug having a reactive hydroxyl functional group, said functional group being attached directly to the phosphorus atom of the (a) moiety via an oxygen-phosphorus bond, then R1, taken together with the adjacent oxygen atom, can also be the residue of a drug having a reactive hydroxyl functional group, said functional group being attached directly to the phosphorus atom of the (b) moiety via an oxygen-phosphorus bond, -OR1 being the same as or different from [D]; R2 is hydrogen, C1-C8 alkyl, C6-C10 aryl, C4-C9 heteroaryl, C3-C7 cycloalkyl, C3-C7 cycloheteroalkyl or C7-C12 aralkyl; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C8 alkyl; C2-C8 alkenyl having one or two double bonds; (C3-C7 cycloalkyl)-CrH2r- wherein r is zero, one, two or three, the cycloalkyl portion being unsubstituted or bearing 1 or 2 C1-C4 alkyl substituents on the ring portion; (C6-C10 aryloxy)C1-C8 alkyl; 2-, 3- or 4-pyridyl; and phenyl-CrH2r- wherein r is zero, one, two or three and phenyl is unsubstituted, or is substituted by 1 to 3 alkyl each having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halo, trifluoromethyl, dialkylamino having 2 to 8 carbon atoms or alkanoylamino having 2 to 6 carbon atoms. The compounds are adapted for targeted drug delivery, especially to the brain.
Abstract:
The subject invention pertains to novel Entomopoxvirus (EPV) polynucleotide sequences free from association with other viral sequences with which they are naturally associated, recombinant polynucleotide vectors containing the sequences, recombinant viruses containing the sequences, and host cells infected with the recombinant viruses are provided herein, as well as methods for use thereof in the expression of heterologous proteins in both insect and mammalian host cells.
Abstract:
A method for modifying the surface of a material by: a) exposing the surface (100) to a glow discharge plasma (106) to activate the surface; b) exposing the surface to an ethylenically unsaturated monomer or mixture of monomers; and c) irradiating the activated surface with gamma radiation or electron beam radiation in the presence of the ethylenically unsaturated monomer to form a graft polymerized coating thereon.
Abstract:
An improved method for modifying the plastic surfaces of articles adapted for contacting living tissue by the gamma or electron beam irradiation induced chemical graft coating thereon of a monomer comprising N-vinylpyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate or a mixture of the two to form a hydrophilic graft polymer coating, the improvement comprising pre-soaking the ocular implant material in a monomer or a solution comprising a monomer prior to conducting the gamma- or electron beam-irradiation induced graft polymerization in a second solution of a monomer.
Abstract:
A method for modifying an ocular implant polymer surface (10) by the gamma-irradiation or electron beam irradiation induced polymerization thereon of N-vinylpyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate or a mixture thereof while maintaining the following conditions: (a) monomer concentration in the range of from about 0.1 % to about 50 % by weight; (b) total gamma dose in the range of from about 0.001 to less than 0.50 Mrad; and (c) gamma dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 2500 rads/minute or electron beam irradiation dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 10 rads/minute.
Abstract:
A method for quantitatively analyzing digital images of approximately elliptical body organs, and in particular, echocardiographic images. The invention automatically determines the center-point of an elliptical organ and search region for border discrimination by finding the maximum value produced by a series of circular arc filters applied to the image data. The positions of the organ border (10, 11, 12, 13) are then approximated by generating histograms along each of a number of circular segments (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) based on the center-point. The approximated borders are then compared on a best-fit basis to a set of paired elliptical arcs used to model the borders. The image may then be displayed with the modeled border superimposed on the image. A flattened interventricular septum and signal loss across the septum are also determined for echocardiographic images. Cross-correlation is used on histograms generated for selected sectors of image data frames taken at different times to detect organ wall motion in each of the different sectors.
Abstract:
An injectable hyaluronic acid particulate bioactive glass composition useful for the repair, reconstruction, replacement, augmentation or reconfiguration of hard bone or soft tissue anatomic structure, the composition of the glass falling within Region E of the compositional boundary diagram of Fig. 4.
Abstract:
The subject invention pertains to a novel cell line and the monoclonal antibody produced by the cell line. Advantageously, the novel monoclonal antibody binds specifically with the acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen. Thus, this antibody can be used in the detection of childhood leukemia as well as in therapeutic procedures such as bone marrow purging. The novel monoclonal antibody can also be used to construct hybrid toxin proteins which can selectively seek out and eliminate target cells.
Abstract:
A composition and method for enhancing permeability of topical drugs wherein the agent which enhances the permeability of the drug is selected from the group consisting of (1) a choline ester having the formula: [CH3(CH2)n-COOCH2CH2N+(CH3)3]X- or [CH¿3?(CH2)mCH=CH(CH2)n-COOCH2CH2N?+(CH¿3)3]X-, wherein m and n are integers in the range of from 0 to 30 and X- is a pharmaceutically acceptable anion and (2) a mixture of the choline ester and an acid having the formula: CH¿3?(CH2)n-COOH or CH3(CH2)mCH=CH(CH2)n-COOH or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Abstract:
Poly(siloxane-pivalolactone) thermoplastic elastomers and methods for their preparation by graft polymerizing pivalolactone onto a polysiloxane backbone. These thermoplastic elastomers may be manufactured in the form of fibers, membranes, films or molded articles and may be used as membranes in manufacturing biomedical devices, tissue contacting elements and gas separation systems.