The present invention concerns a method of synthesizing a iodo- or astatoarene comprising the reaction of a diaryliodonium compound with a iodide or astatide salt, respectively. The invention also relates to said iodo- or astatoarene and diaryliodonium compound as such. The invention also concerns a method of synthesizing a iodo- or astatolabelled biomolecule and/or vector using said iodo- or astatoarene.

Presented herein are methods and compositions for non-invasive imaging of TAMs with discoidal high-density lipoproteins to assess prognosis and therapy outcome. TAMs are increasingly investigated in cancer immunology, and are considered a promising target for better and tailored treatment of malignant growths. Although TAMs also have high diagnostic and prognostic value, TAM imaging still remains largely unexplored. Imaging agents/methods provided herein are of value for non-invasive in vivo evaluation of TAM burden, not only in preclinical but also in clinical settings.

Analogs of largazole are described herein. Methods of treating cancer and blood disorders using largazole and largazole analogs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are additionally described herein. Methods for preparing largazole analogs are likewise described.

A radioactive labeled long-acting peptide-targeting pharmaceutical and production method, in which the peptide targeted pharmaceutical is firstly dissolved in a solution, followed by labeling the radioactive at a high temperature, and the dosage of the pharmaceutical with radioactive labeling is expected to be reduced and labeling efficiency is improved, and no further purification by filtration is required, which shortens the preparation process and reduces personnel exposure in the working environment. The radioactive labeled long-acting peptide-targeting pharmaceutical can increase the specific binding capacity of tumors and reduce the non-specific accumulation in normal tissues. It can be applied to the field of tumor and nuclear medicine for diagnosis and treatment of tumors and/or tumor metastases with efficacy and precision treatment.

The present disclosure relates to a process for purifying and concentrating .sup.68Ga isotope produced by irradiation with an accelerated particle beam of a .sup.68Zn target in solution. The process according to the present disclosure allows for the production of pure and concentrated .sup.68Ga isotope in hydrochloric acid solution. The present disclosure also relates to a disposable cassette for performing the steps of purification and concentration of the process.

The present invention relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals for in vivo imaging, in particular to a method of labelling a biological targeting molecule with the radioisotope .sup.18F. The invention provides a method of preparation of lyophilised compositions of aminooxy-functionalised biomolecules, as well as radiolabelling methods using the purified materials. Also provided are lyophilised compositions and cassettes comprising such purified compositions. The invention is particularly suitable for use with an automated synthesizer apparatus.

The present disclosure relates to a method for labeling a radioisotope, a radiolabeling compound, a kit including the same, and a method for labeling a radioisotope, including: providing a diaminophenyl compound represented by Chemical Formula I below and including a biomolecule, a fluorescent dye or a nanoparticle compound bound thereto; and reacting the diaminophenyl compound and a radioisotope-labeled aldehyde compound represented by Chemical Formula II below at room temperature; and a related technology:

##STR00001## in Chemical Formula I, A is CH.sub.2 or O; a is 0 or an integer of 1 to 10; X is CH.sub.2 or CONH; Y is CH.sub.2 or

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and Z is the biomolecule, the fluorescent dye or the nanoparticle compound,

##STR00003## in Chemical Formula II, b is 0 or an integer of 1 to 10; and L is CH.sub.2 or CONH; and Q is or

##STR00004## M, M and M in Q are radioisotopes.

The present invention relates to probes for use in the detection, imaging, diagnosis, targeting, treatment, etc. of cancers expressing the gastrin releasing peptide receptor (GRPR). For example, such probes may be molecules conjugated to detectable labels which are preferably moieties suitable for detection by gamma imaging and SPECT or by positron emission tomography (PET) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or fluorescence spectroscopy or optical imaging methods.

Methods and diagnostic compositions for detection of amyloid deposits using a chimeric (e.g., mouse-human) antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof linked to a detectable label are disclosed.

Provided herein are compositions and methods for generating polypeptides using non-natural amino acids (nnAAs) and genetic machinery, wherein the modified polypeptides, such as therapeutic polypeptides, bind to albumin, such as serum albumin. Methods of substituting a non-natural amino acid in a first polypeptide to obtain a modified polypeptide, the nnAA in some instances comprising an albumin targeting group, are disclosed, as are methods for making populations of such modified polypeptides. A therapeutic polypeptide, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) is exemplified using the disclosed methods.