DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The safe and efficient production of novel therapeutic proteins represents an expanding market of the biopharmaceutical industry that is fueled by the recent completion of the Human Genome Project and by rapid technological advances in the field of proteomics.… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Drug-drug interactions can occur in a multiple drug regimen, where one drug interferes with the metabolism of another, leading to dangerous, unpredicted, and potentially fatal concentrations of medication. Unfortunately, a significant number of such… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Sepsis is the systematic and overwhelming response to infection. Once triggered, an uncontrolled cascade of coagulation, impaired fibrinolysis, and inflammation drive disease progression. This results in damage to the lungs, liver, kidney and cardiovascular… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease characterized by T cell attack of pancreatic islet cells leading to irreversible loss of the insulin secreting cells. One potential strategy for combatting the autoimmune process involves the… More