Described herein are bioactive peptides that are modified at one or more positions with a PEG moiety. An example of such a PEGylated bioactive peptide is a GHRH analog that is modified at one or more positions with a PEG moiety. Also described are pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such analogs or salts thereof, as well as methods, kits and uses thereof, for example for inducing or stimulating growth hormone secretion in a subject and for diagnosing, preventing or treating GH-deficient conditions in a subject.

The present disclosure provides methods for treating mild brain injury and other neurological disorders in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound comprising a ghrelin or ghrelin variant. This invention provides for methods for treating a mild brain injury or concussion in a patient wherein said method comprises administering to the subject in need thereof suffering from said mild brain injury or concussion an effective amount of a ghrelin variant or a composition comprising a ghrelin variant so as to treat said mild brain injury or concussion.

The present disclosure provides methods for treating mild brain injury and other neurological disorders in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound comprising a ghrelin or ghrelin variant. This invention provides for methods for treating a mild brain injury or concussion in a patient wherein said method comprises administering to the subject in need thereof suffering from said mild brain injury or concussion an effective amount of a ghrelin variant or a composition comprising a ghrelin variant so as to treat said mild brain injury or concussion.

The present application discloses that pituitary tumor cells are sensitive to low concentrations of glucose and that methods of treating such tumors include methods to induce infarction that are designed to inhibit glucose uptake, reduce intracellular glucose levels, inhibit glucose utilization, or to reduce available glucose to the tumor or the tumor cells.

The present application discloses that pituitary tumor cells are sensitive to low concentrations of glucose and that methods of treating such tumors include methods to induce infarction that are designed to inhibit glucose uptake, reduce intracellular glucose levels, inhibit glucose utilization, or to reduce available glucose to the tumor or the tumor cells.

Methods are disclosed for mitigating radiation injury to a subject by administration of ghrelin.

The present invention relates to a parenteral, sustained and controlled release, semisolid formulation comprising an end-capped oligomer and at least one active substance without any supplementary viscosity reducing agent or excipient.

The present invention relates to a parenteral, sustained and controlled release, semisolid formulation comprising an end-capped oligomer and at least one active substance without any supplementary viscosity reducing agent or excipient.

Methods are provided for coating crystalline microparticles with an active agent by altering the surface properties of the microparticles in order to facilitate favorable association on the microparticle by the active agent. Types of surface properties that are altered by the disclosed methods include electrostatic properties, hydrophobic properties, and hydrogen bonding properties.

Methods are provided for coating crystalline microparticles with an active agent by altering the surface properties of the microparticles in order to facilitate favorable association on the microparticle by the active agent. Types of surface properties that are altered by the disclosed methods include electrostatic properties, hydrophobic properties, and hydrogen bonding properties.