This invention provides unnatural amino acids as well as amino acid sequences, foldamers, macrocycles, and formulations comprising said unnatural amino acids. In one aspect of the invention, the unnatural amino acids or the formulation thereof are used to mimic natural amino acids or the formulations thereof in a subject in need thereof.

This invention provides unnatural amino acids as well as amino acid sequences, foldamers, macrocycles, and formulations comprising said unnatural amino acids. In one aspect of the invention, the unnatural amino acids or the formulation thereof are used to mimic natural amino acids or the formulations thereof in a subject in need thereof.

Methods for diagnosis to allow prediction of the likelihood of preterm birth based upon the concentration of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D2 synthase (L-PGDS) in cervical vaginal secretions. In addition, specific prostaglandin D2 receptor antagonists may represent novel tocolytic therapeutics.

Methods for diagnosis to allow prediction of the likelihood of preterm birth based upon the concentration of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D2 synthase (L-PGDS) in cervical vaginal secretions. In addition, specific prostaglandin D2 receptor antagonists may represent novel tocolytic therapeutics.

A method for caring for or treating the breasts during premenstrual or menstrual phases and for the care or treatment of the symptomatology of mastodynia, comprising a step of selecting or identifying women needing care or treatment of the breasts, or suffering from symptomatology of mastodynia, and a step of applying to the skin areas in need thereof an effective amount of a product, active agent or composition, comprising peroxidized lipids or a peroxidised oil, or consisting essentially of peroxidized lipids or of a peroxidised oil.

A method for caring for or treating the breasts during premenstrual or menstrual phases and for the care or treatment of the symptomatology of mastodynia, comprising a step of selecting or identifying women needing care or treatment of the breasts, or suffering from symptomatology of mastodynia, and a step of applying to the skin areas in need thereof an effective amount of a product, active agent or composition, comprising peroxidized lipids or a peroxidised oil, or consisting essentially of peroxidized lipids or of a peroxidised oil.

Compounds of formula I and their metabolites are potent mediators of an inflammatory response:

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where a, b, c, d, e, f, V, W, X, Y, R.sup.a, R.sup.a′, R.sup.b, R.sup.b′, R.sup.c, and R.sup.c′ are defined herein. In particular, the compounds of the invention are candidate therapeutics for treating inflammatory conditions.

Compounds of formula I and their metabolites are potent mediators of an inflammatory response:

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where a, b, c, d, e, f, V, W, X, Y, R.sup.a, R.sup.a′, R.sup.b, R.sup.b′, R.sup.c, and R.sup.c′ are defined herein. In particular, the compounds of the invention are candidate therapeutics for treating inflammatory conditions.

The present invention relates to a sterile ophthalmic composition comprising castor oil and a medium chain triglyceride, to its use in medicine, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of an ocular disease selected from the group consisting of dry eye, conjunctivitis, dermatitis, blepharitis, entropion, floppy eyelid syndrome, thyroid ophthalmopathy, pterygium, conjunctivochalasis, epithelial damage induced by preservatives, epithelial or anterior chamber damage induced by ocular surgery, limbal cell deficiency, corneal ulcers induced by physical or chemical agents, keratitis, episcleritis and uveitis.

The present invention relates to a sterile ophthalmic composition comprising castor oil and a medium chain triglyceride, to its use in medicine, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of an ocular disease selected from the group consisting of dry eye, conjunctivitis, dermatitis, blepharitis, entropion, floppy eyelid syndrome, thyroid ophthalmopathy, pterygium, conjunctivochalasis, epithelial damage induced by preservatives, epithelial or anterior chamber damage induced by ocular surgery, limbal cell deficiency, corneal ulcers induced by physical or chemical agents, keratitis, episcleritis and uveitis.