The present disclosure provides novel macrocyclic peptides which inhibit the PD-1/PD-L1 and PD-L1/CD80 protein/protein interaction, and thus are useful for the amelioration of various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases.

The present disclosure provides novel macrocyclic peptides which inhibit the PD-1/PD-L1 and PD-L1/CD80 protein/protein interaction, and thus are useful for the amelioration of various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases.

The present disclosure provides novel macrocyclic peptides which inhibit the PD-1/PD-L1 and PD-L1/CD80 protein/protein interaction, and thus are useful for the amelioration of various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases.

The disclosure is related to a method of treating a disorder, such as obesity or a condition associated with obesity, such as hyperphagia, in a subject using a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist.

The disclosure is related to a method of treating a disorder, such as obesity or a condition associated with obesity, such as hyperphagia, in a subject using a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist.

The peptides of the invention are of formula (I) or (IV). The peptides of the invention are useful in the treatment of cancer.

The peptides of the invention are of formula (I) or (IV). The peptides of the invention are useful in the treatment of cancer.

The present invention concerns peptides and nucleic acids encoding the peptides, and their use for modulating large conductance Ca.sup.2+ activated K.sup.+ (BK) channel activity in cells; for treating conditions such as presbycusis (age-related hearing loss), audiogenic seizures, alcohol addiction, cancer, and neurodegenerative disease; and for delivering a cargo moiety to the brain of a subject through the blood-brain barrier.

The present invention concerns peptides and nucleic acids encoding the peptides, and their use for modulating large conductance Ca.sup.2+ activated K.sup.+ (BK) channel activity in cells; for treating conditions such as presbycusis (age-related hearing loss), audiogenic seizures, alcohol addiction, cancer, and neurodegenerative disease; and for delivering a cargo moiety to the brain of a subject through the blood-brain barrier.

The invention features echinocandin class compounds. The compounds can be useful for the treatment of fungal infections.