- COMPOSITION FOR TREATING SULFUR MUSTARD TOXICITY AND METHODS OF USING SAME
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One embodiment of the present invention provides a composition, comprising, in amounts effective to treat sulfur mustard or half sulfur mustard induced toxicity or skin damage: an agent that inhibits alkylation of —SH and >NH protein groups; an agent that reduces —SS— to SH; a scavenger of reactive oxygen species; a substrate that maintains tissue reduction-oxidation status; an agent that protects against invading inflammatory cells and associated oxidative stress; an antagonist of prostaglandin synthesis; and an agent that induces tissue regeneration. Methods of using the composition are also provided.
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- PURIFICATION OF INSULIN-LIKE MATERIAL BY REVERSE PHASE CHROMATOGRAPHY
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This invention describes processes for purification of insulin or insulin-like material by reverse phase chromatography by using polystyrenic resins as the chromatographic materials. in particular the present invention describes processes for the purification of a particular insulin-like material from chemically and structurally similar contaminants.
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- USE OF SUBSTITUTED 2 PHENYLBENZIMIDAZOLES AS MEDICAMENTS
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The present invention relates to the use of a substituted 2-phenylbenzimidazole of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R 4, R5 and m have the meanings given in the claims, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of diseases involving glucagon receptors, as well as new compounds of formula I wherein R1 is a group of formula
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- Insulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates, proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates and methods of synthesizing same
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Methods for synthesizing proinsulin polypeptides are described that include contacting a proinsulin polypeptide including an insulin polypeptide coupled to one or more peptides by peptide bond(s) capable of being cleaved to yield the insulin polypeptide with an oligomer under conditions sufficient to couple the oligomer to the insulin polypeptide portion of the proinsulin polypeptide and provide a proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate, and cleaving the one or more peptides from the proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate to provide the insulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugate. Methods of synthesizing proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates are also provided as are proinsulin polypeptide-oligomer conjugates. Methods of synthesizing C-peptide polypeptide-oligomer conjugates and other pro-polypeptide-oligomer conjugates are also provided.
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- HIGH THROUGHPUT METHOD FOR FUNCTIONALLY CLASSIFYING PROTEINS IDENTIFIED USING A GENOMICS APPROACH
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The present invention provides a method for functionally classifying a protein that is capable of unfolding due to a thermal change. The method comprises screening one or more of a multiplicity of different molecules for their ability to shift the thermal unfolding curve of the protein, wherein a shift in the thermal unfolding curve indicates that the molecule binds to the protein or affects the stability in a measurable way; generating an activity spectrum for the protein wherein the activity spectrum reflects a set of molecules, from the multiplicity of molecules, that shift the thermal unfolding curve, of the protein and therefore are ligands that bind to the protein, comparing the activity spectrum for the protein to one or more functional reference spectrum lists; and classifying the protein according to the set of molecules in the multiplicity of different molecules that shift the thermal unfolding curve of the protein.
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- Insulin derivatives with increased zinc binding
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Insulin derivatives with increased zinc binding where Z is a histidine residue or a peptide having 2 to 35 genetically encodable amino acid residues, having 1 to 5 histidine residues, are suitable for the production of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of diabetes. Insulins of the formula I form complexes with zinc++, comprising an insulin hexamer and approximately 5 to 9 mol of zinc++per hexamer.
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