A method and system to prevent sore throat infections in humans includes the administration of an active ingredient to a site on the mucus membranes of the throat of a human that inhibits adherence and promotes desorption of S. pyogenes to soft tissue surfaces, such as the pharyngeal and oral mucosa of a human. A mucoadhesive strip having a surface topography that resists bioadhesion of undesired bacteria that are typically present in a human's mouth is preferably employed and that has one or more encapsulated agents selected from the group consisting of an antibiotic; lactic acid bacteria; S. pyogenes modified by a CRISPR-Cas system to reduce one or more virulence factors; and a breath mint solution.

Nerve-specific fluorophore formulations for direct or systemic administration are described. The formulations can be used in fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) to aid in nerve preservation during surgical interventions.

The present disclosure relates to gastrointestinal (GI) tract detection methods, devices and systems.

This invention describes compositions comprising indocyanine green and poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) and methods of making the same as well as applications thereof for diagnostic and therapeutic uses. One of those applications is the structural and functional assessment of the lymphatic system by fluorescence imaging.

There is described formulations for human or animal administration and to a method of preparation thereof. In particular, there is described more stable pharmaceutical formulations, such as those for intravenous administration, and to a method of preparation thereof. There are also described lyophilised formulations having an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), a buffering agent and a lyoprotectant, wherein the API is an imaging agent comprising at least one cMet binding peptide, suitable for optically imaging the mammalian body in vivo. Also described are a method of preparing a lyophilised formulation, a pharmaceutical composition, and a kit for the preparation of the pharmaceutical composition. Further described are methods of imaging using the formulation or pharmaceutical composition, such as in detection, diagnosis, surgery, staging, treatment, monitoring of treatment, monitoring of disease progression or monitoring therapy of conditions such as cancer.

A method and system to prevent sore throat infections in humans includes the administration of an active ingredient to a site on the mucus membranes of the throat of a human that inhibits adherence and promotes desorption of S. pyogenes to soft tissue surfaces, such as the pharyngeal and oral mucosa of a human. A mucoadhesive strip having a surface topography that resists bioadhesion of undesired bacteria that are typically present in a human's mouth is preferably employed and that has one or more encapsulated agents selected from the group consisting of an antibiotic; lactic acid bacteria; S. pyogenes modified by a CRISPR-Cas system to reduce one or more virulence factors; and a breath mint solution.

The present disclosure relates to gastrointestinal (GI) tract detection methods, devices and systems.

A method and system to prevent sore throat infections in humans includes the administration of an active ingredient to a site on the mucus membranes of the throat of a human that inhibits adherence and promotes desorption of S. pyogenes to soft tissue surfaces, such as the pharyngeal and oral mucosa of a human. A mucoadhesive strip having a surface topography that resists bioadhesion of undesired bacteria that are typically present in a human's mouth is preferably employed and that has one or more encapsulated agents selected from the group consisting of an antibiotic; lactic acid bacteria; S. pyogenes modified by a CRISPR-Cas system to reduce one or more virulence factors; and a breath mint solution.

Described herein are self-assembling protein molecules for delivering a payload, for example, a toxic anti-cancer agent, a cancer immunotherapy, a toxic anti-cancer agent and a cancer immunotherapy, or an imaging agent, to specific tissues. Examples of self-assembled proteins include clathrin and derivatives of clathrin.

The present invention relates to methods for improving the detection of pathologies in the colon and method of flagging the mucosal lesions in the colon.