Disclosed is a composition and a method for the prevention or treatment of diabetic complications, which includes C-peptide bound to elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) and is thus capable of effectively preventing or treating diseases resulting from hyperglycemia, which is a major cause of diabetes, for example, diabetic retinopathy, and the like.

Pharmaceuticals compositions comprising the 2S,4R, ketoconazole enantiomer or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates, that are substantially free of the 2R,4S ketoconazole enantiomer are useful to reduce cortisol synthesis and for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome, and other diseases and conditions, including but not limited to Cushing's Syndrome, depression, and glaucoma.

A protein scaffold based on a consensus sequence of fibronectin type III (FN3) proteins, such as the tenth FN3 repeat from human fibronectin (human Tenascin), including isolated nucleic acids that encode a protein scaffold, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. In particular, protein scaffold molecules binding to IgG have been identified as useful for diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications.

Provided are formulations and methods for treating one or more genitourinary conditions. The formulations may include a therapeutic agent that includes a calcium channel blocker, a rho kinase inhibitor, or a combination thereof. The methods may include locally administering a therapeutic agent into a ureter. Systems for delivering a therapeutic agent also are provided.

Described herein are compounds, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments containing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with the enzyme glycolate oxidase (GO). Such diseases or disorders include, for example, disorders of glyoxylate metabolism, including primary hyperoxaluria, that are associated with production of excessive amounts of oxalate.

The present disclosure provides orally deliverable pharmaceutical compositions comprising DGLA and to methods of using same to treat a variety of conditions and disorders.

The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies that bind to the complement factor 5 (C5) protein, and methods of use thereof. In various embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to C5 protein. In some embodiments, the antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing C5 activity, thus providing a means of treating or preventing a C5-related disease or disorder in humans. In some embodiments, the invention provides for an anti-C5 antibody that has improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties, e.g., a half-life of more than 10 days.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide (i) a method for maintaining or enhancing the activity of a cell mass separated from an epithelial tissue; (ii) a method for increasing the proliferation ability of cells in an epithelial tissue; (iii) a method for producing a cell mass employing these methods; (iv) a pharmaceutical composition containing the cell mass; and, (v) a method for treating a disease using the cell mass. The purpose is fulfilled by culturing a cell mass separated from an epithelial tissue or an epithelial tissue with a thermoreversible polymer.

The present disclosure provides processes for preparing 1,2,3-tri-azole-4-carboxylic acid related compounds of formulae (I) and (II) via a Suzuki coupling reaction. The Suzuki coupling reaction is achieved by coupling a compound of formula (IV), a boron-containing derivative of 1,2,3-triazole-4-carb oxylate, with a cycloalkyl phenyl halide or sulfonate of formula (V).

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Provided are microRNA from a rhodiola root and uses thereof in the prevention and/or the treatment of a fibroplasia medical sign and/or syndrome.