A method for treating a metabolic disorder associated with abnormal bodyweight in a subject is provided, the method including administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound that modulates phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinase beta (PI5P4Kβ) activity, wherein a PI5P4Kβ inhibitor is administered when the subject suffers from a metabolic disorder associated with an underweight bodyweight; and wherein a PI5P4Kβ agonist is administered when the subject suffers from a metabolic disorder associated with an overweight or obese bodyweight. Also provided herein are methods of increasing meat quality and/or yield in livestock or domesticated poultry by administering to an animal an effective amount of a PI5P4Kβ inhibitor, and genetically engineered animals having a substitution in PI5P4Kβ that reduces its GTP-sensing activity.

The present invention is related to a dual promoter lentiviral vector and methods of use for the treatment of diseases and disorders, specifically lysosomal storage disorders.

RNA molecules comprising a guide sequence portion having 17-20 nucleotides in the sequence of 17-20 contiguous nucleotides set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3010 and compositions, methods, and uses thereof.

Kits and methods to distinguish between false and true labor are provided. The kits and methods can utilize differences in abundance and/or differences in the rate of change in abundance of B7-H2, SORC2, TF, C1-Esterase Inhibitor, Ran, IMD-H1 and/or PGAM1, as markers of true labor.

The present invention is related to a dual promoter lentiviral vector and methods of use for the treatment of diseases and disorders, specifically lysosomal storage disorders.

Described are novel immunosuppressant drug resistant armored (IDRA) T cells that co-express an exogenous T cell receptor (TCR) and one or more exogenous inhibitors of an immunosuppressant. The TCR can bind to an antigen expressed by a tumor cell or virally infected cell. Also described are methods of producing the modified T cell, and methods of treating a subject using the modified T cells.

The invention provides compositions and methods for treating conditions in a subject by providing an inhibitor of inosine phosphate dehydrogenase that promotes decreased levels of guanosine triphosphate and/or increased levels of hypoxanthine.

The invention provides compositions and methods for treating conditions in a subject by inhibiting inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase. The invention provides compositions and methods that provide periods of sustained inhibition of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase followed by periods in which enzyme activity is not inhibited. The invention also provides methods that include monitoring inhibition of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase via analysis of GTP levels.

Kits and methods to distinguish between false and true labor are provided. The kits and methods can utilize differences in abundance and/or differences in the rate of change in abundance of B7-H2, SORC2, TF, C1-Esterase Inhibitor, Ran, IMDH1 and/or PGAM1, as markers of true labor.

The present disclosure provides methods of treating lysosomal storage disorders. The method comprises producing vector-transduced T-Rapa cells that express a transgene of interest and administering the cells to a patient in need thereof.