A plastic material for extended release of a bio-active agent, the plastic material comprising a structural polymer, at least one bio-active ingredient embedded within the structural polymer as solid islands, a liquid binding material embedded within the structural polymer as granules, and a carrier liquid absorbed within the liquid-absorbent material. The carrier liquid may be sufficiently non-compatible with the structural polymer so that at least a portion of the carrier liquid is released from the liquid-absorbent material through the structural polymer to an outer surface of the plastic material over a period of time, such as a week or more, a month or more, or about three months. The bio-active agent comprised in the at least one bio-active ingredient may be sufficiently soluble in the carrier liquid at room or body temperature so that the carrier liquid released to the outer surface comprises the bio-active agent in solution.

A plastic material for extended release of a bio-active agent, the plastic material comprising a structural polymer, at least one bio-active ingredient embedded within the structural polymer as solid islands, a liquid binding material embedded within the structural polymer as granules, and a carrier liquid absorbed within the liquid-absorbent material. The carrier liquid may be sufficiently non-compatible with the structural polymer so that at least a portion of the carrier liquid is released from the liquid-absorbent material through the structural polymer to an outer surface of the plastic material over a period of time, such as a week or more, a month or more, or about three months. The bio-active agent comprised in the at least one bio-active ingredient may be sufficiently soluble in the carrier liquid at room or body temperature so that the carrier liquid released to the outer surface comprises the bio-active agent in solution.

Disclosed is the use of a checkpoint kinase (CHK) inhibitor in combination with i) a poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase inhibitor, and optionally ii) a chemotherapeutic agent such as gemcitabine, in cancer treatment.

Disclosed is the use of a checkpoint kinase (CHK) inhibitor in combination with i) a poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase inhibitor, and optionally ii) a chemotherapeutic agent such as gemcitabine, in cancer treatment.

A gastroretentive, sustained-release dosage form including 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) as an active ingredient and low-dose carbidopa is described. For example, the dosage form can be provided as a bilayer tablet comprising a swelling layer and a modified release layer, where the 5-HTP and carbidopa are both included in the modified release layer. The dosage form provides for essentially parallel release of the 5-HTP and the carbidopa with, for instance, release of 80% of the 5-HTP and carbidopa at about 5 hours to about 12 hours.

A gastroretentive, sustained-release dosage form including 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) as an active ingredient and low-dose carbidopa is described. For example, the dosage form can be provided as a bilayer tablet comprising a swelling layer and a modified release layer, where the 5-HTP and carbidopa are both included in the modified release layer. The dosage form provides for essentially parallel release of the 5-HTP and the carbidopa with, for instance, release of 80% of the 5-HTP and carbidopa at about 5 hours to about 12 hours.

A gastroretentive, sustained-release dosage form including 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) as an active ingredient and low-dose carbidopa is described. For example, the dosage form can be provided as a bilayer tablet comprising a swelling layer and a modified release layer, where the 5-HTP and carbidopa are both included in the modified release layer. The dosage form provides for essentially parallel release of the 5-HTP and the carbidopa with, for instance, release of 80% of the 5-HTP and carbidopa at about 5 hours to about 12 hours.

Provided are antibodies, and fragments and derivatives thereof, particularly humanized derivatives thereof, which bind to tumor antigens. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that bind to tumor antigens, polypeptides and CARs encoded by the nucleic acid molecules, vectors and host cells that include the nucleic acid molecules, methods of making the same, and methods for using the same to generate a persisting population of genetically engineered T cells in a subject, expanding a population of genetically engineered T cells in a subject, modulating the amount of cytokine secreted by a T cell, reducing the amount of activation-induced calcium influx into a T cell, providing an anti-tumor immunity to a subject, treating a mammal having a MUC1-associated disease or disorder, stimulating a T cell-mediated immune response to a target cell population or tissue in a subject, and imaging a MUC1-associated tumor. Also provided are nanoparticle conjugates of the antibodies and fragments and derivatives thereof, particularly humanized derivatives thereof, compositions and delivery agents that include the same, host cells that produce the same; methods for producing the same; methods of using the same for detecting, targeting, and/or treating tumors and/or metastatic cells derived therefrom and/or tumor stem cells; and methods for predicting the recurrence of cancer in a subject.

Provided are antibodies, and fragments and derivatives thereof, particularly humanized derivatives thereof, which bind to tumor antigens. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that bind to tumor antigens, polypeptides and CARs encoded by the nucleic acid molecules, vectors and host cells that include the nucleic acid molecules, methods of making the same, and methods for using the same to generate a persisting population of genetically engineered T cells in a subject, expanding a population of genetically engineered T cells in a subject, modulating the amount of cytokine secreted by a T cell, reducing the amount of activation-induced calcium influx into a T cell, providing an anti-tumor immunity to a subject, treating a mammal having a MUC1-associated disease or disorder, stimulating a T cell-mediated immune response to a target cell population or tissue in a subject, and imaging a MUC1-associated tumor. Also provided are nanoparticle conjugates of the antibodies and fragments and derivatives thereof, particularly humanized derivatives thereof, compositions and delivery agents that include the same, host cells that produce the same; methods for producing the same; methods of using the same for detecting, targeting, and/or treating tumors and/or metastatic cells derived therefrom and/or tumor stem cells; and methods for predicting the recurrence of cancer in a subject.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for promoting stem cell and/or progenitor cell proliferation and/or differentiation. The provided compositions may be useful in treating a disease or condition that is related to mucosal barrier function, e.g., wound healing, treating skin conditions (e.g., atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, bed sores, or condition related to the aging of skin), treating a lung disorders (e.g., asthma), a condition related to improving mucosal barrier function, and/or treating injury to GI mucosa in a subject in need thereof. The present disclosure also provides methods for promoting the proliferation and/or differentiation of stem cells and/or the progenitor cells in a subject in need of such treatment by administering a composition. The ability to stimulate the proliferation and/or differentiation of stem cells and/or the progenitor cells in vivo, ex vivo and/or in vitro provides tremendous benefit. The present disclosure can be used to increase stem cell populations in in vivo, ex vivo and/or in vitro. Stem cell transplantation provides treatments and/or cures of many disease states, degeneration and/or injury.