The present invention is related to a ribonucleic acid comprising a double stranded structure whereby the double-stranded structure comprises a first strand and a second strand, whereby the first strand comprises a first stretch of contiguous nucleotides and whereby said first stretch is at least partially complementary to a target nucleic acid, and the second strand comprises a second stretch of contiguous nucleotides whereby said second stretch is at least partially identical to a target nucleic acid, and whereby the double stranded structure is blunt ended.

The present disclosure relates to a cluster-based consensus approach for generating recombinant hemagglutinin (HA) polypeptides. The disclosure further relates to influenza vaccine compositions comprising the recombinant HA polypeptides.

The present disclosure provides RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas effector proteins, nucleic acids encoding same, and compositions comprising same. The present disclosure provides ribonucleoprotein complexes comprising: an RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas effector protein of the present disclosure; and a guide RNA. The present disclosure provides methods of modifying a target nucleic acid, using an RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas effector protein of the present disclosure and a guide RNA. The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid.

The present disclosure provides RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas effector proteins, nucleic acids encoding same, and compositions comprising same. The present disclosure provides ribonucleoprotein complexes comprising: an RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas effector protein of the present disclosure; and a guide RNA. The present disclosure provides methods of modifying a target nucleic acid, using an RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas effector protein of the present disclosure and a guide RNA. The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid.

Novel cyclic peptides, cyclic peptide conjugates and compositions containing them for treating neurological diseases in a subject include an Odorranalectin (OL) sequence or modified OL sequence as a scaffold and a biologically active peptide or protein and/or therapeutic agent conjugated thereto. Methods of treatment of neurological diseases are based on intranasal delivery of a cyclic peptide or cyclic peptide conjugate as described herein. Combinatorial libraries that include a plurality of cyclic peptides have also been developed and can be used to screen for a ligand(s) for a receptor of interest.

A composition in the form of an injectable aqueous solution, whose pH consists from 6.0 to 8.0, including at least: a basal insulin whose isoelectric point includes from 5.8 to 8.5; a co-polyamino-acid bearing carboxylate charges and hydrophobic radicals Hy, the co-polyamino-acid being constituted of glutamic or aspartic units and said hydrophobic radicals Hy according to the following formula I: ##STR00001##

Embodiments of the invention describe to methods of diagnosing, classifying, and/or identifying a patient's risk of developing graft versus host disease, including severe or lethal graft versus host disease, after receiving hematopoietic cellular transplantation, a transfusion or a transplantation, but before the onset of clinical symptoms.

Embodiments of the invention describe to methods of diagnosing, classifying, and/or identifying a patient's risk of developing graft versus host disease, including severe or lethal graft versus host disease, after receiving hematopoietic cellular transplantation, a transfusion or a transplantation, but before the onset of clinical symptoms.

The invention provides a novel adrenomedullin derivative sustainable for a long period which is capable of substantially suppressing unwanted side effects while maintaining pharmacological effects of adrenomedullin. An aspect of the invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I): [wherein A is an Fc region of an immunoglobulin, B is a peptide moiety derived from adrenomedullin or a modified form thereof with adrenomedullin activity, and L is a linking group comprising a peptide having any given amino acid sequence] or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method for producing the compound represented by formula (I), and a medicament comprising the compound as an active ingredient.
A-L-B  (I).

The present invention relates to methods of using new doses of dulaglutide and compositions containing such higher doses of dulaglutide.