Neuroblastoma is a tumor primarily affecting children. The current standard of care is not curative except in the rare case of a surgically-resectable lesion, although very high survival rates have been documented for low-risk neuroblastoma and moderate-risk neuroblastoma. Taurolidine was developed as an anti-infective, but it has been found to have surprising oncolytic activity in cell cultures and now in a rodent cancer model. This invention relates to the use of taurolidine for the treatment of neuroblastoma in juvenile mammals.

Neuroblastoma is a tumor primarily affecting children. The current standard of care is not curative except in the rare case of a surgically-resectable lesion, although very high survival rates have been documented for low-risk neuroblastoma and moderate-risk neuroblastoma. Taurolidine was developed as an anti-infective, but it has been found to have surprising oncolytic activity in cell cultures and now in a rodent cancer model. This invention relates to the use of taurolidine for the treatment of neuroblastoma in juvenile mammals.

A method for treating a cancer which overexpresses any of N-myc genes, C-myc genes and/or L-myc genes in a mammalian body, the method comprising:

administering a composition to the mammalian body, wherein the composition comprises at least one from the group consisting of taurolidine; taurultam; taurinamide; methylene glycol; taurultam and taurinamide in a ratio of 1 taurultam:7 taurinamide; and taurultam, taurinamide and methylene glycol in a ratio of 1 taurultam:7 taurinamide:1 methylene glycol.

A method for treating a cancer which overexpresses any of N-myc genes, C-myc genes and/or L-myc genes in a mammalian body, the method comprising:

administering a composition to the mammalian body, wherein the composition comprises at least one from the group consisting of taurolidine; taurultam; taurinamide; methylene glycol; taurultam and taurinamide in a ratio of 1 taurultam:7 taurinamide; and taurultam, taurinamide and methylene glycol in a ratio of 1 taurultam:7 taurinamide:1 methylene glycol.

A method for treating a cancer which overexpresses any of N-myc genes, C-myc genes and/or L-myc genes in a mammalian body, the method comprising:

administering a composition to the mammalian body, wherein the composition comprises at least one from the group consisting of taurolidine; taurultam; taurinamide; methylene glycol; taurultam and taurinamide in a ratio of 1 taurultam:7 taurinamide; and taurultam, taurinamide and methylene glycol in a ratio of 1 taurultam:7 taurinamide:1 methylene glycol.

A method of inhibiting GAPDH with N-methylol transfer agents and/or related compounds.

A method of inhibiting GAPDH with N-methylol transfer agents and/or related compounds.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of solid cancer comprising an epidithiodioxopiperazine derivative compound based on a parent structure comprising an intramolecular disulfide bridge in an epidithiodioxopiperazine ring or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of solid cancer comprising an epidithiodioxopiperazine derivative compound based on a parent structure comprising an intramolecular disulfide bridge in an epidithiodioxopiperazine ring or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.

A method of producing a particle coating on one or more items is provided. The method comprises mixing supercritical carbon dioxide with a solution comprising dissolved material for forming particles. The method further comprises spraying the mixture into a precipitation chamber (316) to precipitate particles, wherein the chamber is at a pressure below a supercritical pressure of the supercritical fluid. The method also comprises capturing the precipitated particles on one or more items located within the chamber.