The invention relates to a method for prognosing ACS in a subject, the method comprising determining plasma MIF and Nt-proBNP (or BNP) concentrations in a sample from the subject, diagnosing ACS when the subject plasma concentrations are greater than a reference MIF and Nt-proBNP (or BNP) plasma concentration, and prognosing the magnitude of ACS from the subject plasma MIF and Nt-proBNP (or BNP) concentrations. Also provided is a method of treating ACS in a subject, a device, a kit, and a cardiac biomarker related to the methods of prognosing ACS.

The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of ischemic conditions. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating an ischemic condition in a subject in need thereof comprising administering the subject with a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% of identity with the amino acid sequence ranging from the amino acid residue at position 186 to the amino acid residue at position 406 in SEQ ID NO: 1.

The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of ischemic conditions. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating an ischemic condition in a subject in need thereof comprising administering the subject with a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% of identity with the amino acid sequence ranging from the amino acid residue at position 186 to the amino acid residue at position 406 in SEQ ID NO: 1.

The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a non-naturally occurring fusion molecule and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, formulated for oral delivery to a subject, and designed to provide for improved, effective therapies for treatment of, e.g., inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, cancer, metabolic disorders, and growth deficiency disorders. The present disclosure relates to a non-toxic mutant form of the Vibrio cholera Cholix gene (ntCholix), a variant of Cholix truncated at amino acid A.sup.386 (Cholix.sup.386) and the use of other various Cholix-derived polypeptide sequences to enhance intestinal delivery of biologically-active therapeutics. The systems and methods described herein provide for: the ability to deliver macromolecule doses without injections; the ability to deliver cargo such as siRNA or antisense molecules into intracellular compartments where their activity is required; and the delivery of nanoparticles and dendrimer-based carriers across biological membranes.

Disclosed are compositions, methods, uses, kits and articles of manufacture, which are based on the use of a hyaluronidase and a collagen-reducing agent, for reducing or inhibiting the development of fibrosis in a tissue, or for treating collagen-mediated disorders. In specific embodiments, the collagen-mediated disorders are fibroproliferative disorders involving alterations of collagen, including fibromatoses such as Dupuytren's disease. Peyronie's disease and Ledderhose's disease.

Disclosed are compositions, methods, uses, kits and articles of manufacture, which are based on the use of a hyaluronidase and a collagen-reducing agent, for reducing or inhibiting the development of fibrosis in a tissue, or for treating collagen-mediated disorders. In specific embodiments, the collagen-mediated disorders are fibroproliferative disorders involving alterations of collagen, including fibromatoses such as Dupuytren's disease. Peyronie's disease and Ledderhose's disease.

The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a non-naturally occurring fusion molecule and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, formulated for oral delivery to a subject, and designed to provide for improved, effective therapies for treatment of, e.g., inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, cancer, metabolic disorders, and growth deficiency disorders.

The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a non-naturally occurring fusion molecule and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, formulated for oral delivery to a subject, and designed to provide for improved, effective therapies for treatment of, e.g., inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, cancer, metabolic disorders, and growth deficiency disorders.

The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a non-naturally occurring fusion molecule and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, formulated for oral delivery to a subject, and designed to provide for improved, effective therapies for treatment of, e.g., inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, cancer, metabolic disorders, and growth deficiency disorders.

The present invention relates to polypeptides comprising at least one single domain antibody directed against vWF, vWF A1 domain, A1 domain of activated vWF, vWF A3 domain, gpIb and/or collagen, homologues of said polypeptides, and/or functional portions of said polypeptides, for the treatment for conditions which require a modulation of platelet-mediated aggregation and which overcomes the problems of the prior art. A further aspect of the invention is methods of production of said polypeptides, methods to coat devices with such polypeptides used in medical procedures (e.g. PCTA, stenting), methods and kits for screening for agents that modulate platelet-mediated aggregation and kits for the diagnosis of diseases related to platelet-mediated aggregation.