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Method of treating asthma
(1996-09-10)
A method of treating asthma in a subject in need of such treatment comprises contacting Asthma Reversal Factor to the respiratory epithelium of the subject. The active agent is preferably contacted to the subject's respiratory ...
Extended shelf life platelet preparations and process for preparing the same
(1991-02-19)
A first aspect of the present invention is a blood platelet preparation comprising blood platelets, an adenylate cyclase stimulator, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, a thrombin inhibitor, and a plasmin inhibitor. A second ...
Extracellular matrix induction method to produce pancreatic islet tissue
(1990-06-19)
A method and composition of regenerating tissue. More specifically, a method for regenerating pancreatic islet tissue having the histological and insulin-containing properties of islets typically found in neonatal or adult ...
Method of inhibiting carcinogenesis by treatment with dehydroepiandrosterone and analogs thereof
(1996-06-18)
A method of combatting cancer in a subject comprising administering to said subject dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) or an analog thereof in an amount effective to combat cancer is disclosed in which heart failure induced by ...
Method for the microbial decontamination of blood platelets
(1999-04-06)
A method for inactivating microbiological contaminants in a human blood platelet preparation is disclosed. The method comprises, first, providing blood platelets, particularly human blood platelets, suspected of being ...
Surgical aids containing pharmaceutically acceptable fixed-dried human blood platelets
(1999-05-11)
Fixed-dried human blood platelets and processes for preparing them are disclosed. The platelets, upon reconstitution: adhere to thrombogenic surfaces; do not adhere to non-thrombogenic surfaces; undergo shape change ...
Method of treating adenosine depletion
(1997-08-26)
A method of treating adenosine depletion in a subject in need of such treatment is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the subject folinic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in an amount effective ...
Purification and Partial Characterization of Relaxin and Relaxin Precursors from the Hamster Placenta
(East Carolina University, 1993-07)
Previous immunological studies have indicated that the molecular structure of hamster relaxin is
quite different from that of porcine relaxin. In the present study, hamster relaxin was purified from
placentas and ...
Equitable rationing of highly specialised health care services for children: a perspective from South Africa.
(East Carolina University, 1999-06)
The principles of equality and equity, respectively in the Bill of Rights and the white paper on health, provide the moral and legalfoundations forfuture health care for children in South Africa. However, given extreme ...
MCF-7 breast cancer cells transfected with protein kinase C-alpha exhibit altered expression of other protein kinase C isoforms and display a more aggressive neoplastic phenotype.
(East Carolina University, 1995-04)
Increased protein kinase C (PKC) activity in malignant breast tissue and positive correlations between PKC activity and expression of a more aggressive phenotype in breast cancer cell lines suggest a role for this signal ...