Provided is a new polypeptide. The new polypeptide shows a significant effect of relieving intestinal lumen distension in pharmacodynamic tests of a Brachydanio Rerio inflammatory bowel disease model and a rat inflammatory bowel disease model, and can be used for preparing a drug for treating enteritis, especially ulcerative colitis.

Hepatitis C virus inhibitors having the general formula (I) are disclosed. Compositions comprising the compounds and methods for using the compounds to inhibit HCV are also disclosed. ##STR00001##

The invention relates to the application of peptides that can self-assemble to form supramolecular nanofibrils and hydrogels, hydrogel compositions containing the self-assembled supramolecular nanofibrils, and methods of uses and making the hydrogel compositions.