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Argolyn Bioscience Inc. is an early stage biotechnology company that creates novel peptide drugs and diagnostics with greatly improved intrinsic pharmaceutical properties through substitution of non-natural amino acid analogues for arginine (Arg) or lysine (Lys). In proof-of concept studies thus far, application of the Argolyn technology to peptides of therapeutic interest has resulted in dramatic ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The brain peptide neurotensin (NT) and its active derivative NT [8-13] function as endogenous neuroleptics. Stable NT derivatives that cross the blood brain barrier therefore have significant potential for development as a new class of non-dopamineric antipsychotics expected not to display the adverse side effects associated with the dopaminergics. The best lit ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Development of a new method for prophylaxis and treatment of urinary stone disease is proposed. Since a majority of urinary stones are made of calcium oxalate, the level of urinary oxalate is one of the major risk factors of stone formation. Unfortunately, there is no effective pharmacological treatment of stone disease that targets urinary oxalate concentratio ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A major contamination issue at over 8,000 sites in the United States are PAHs. This contamination results from almost all combustion processes, creosote treatment of wood, former town gas sites, and many others. Many of these chemicals are both toxic and carcinogenic. It has been observed that these highly hydrophobic chemicals bind tightly to soil by a numb ...

The incidence of asthma has more thandoubled from 6.7 million in 1980 to 17.3 million in 1998 in the U.S., including 4.3 million children. Current therapies for asthma have serious side effects. Airway adenosine levels are increased in patients with asthma. Activation of A1 adenosine receptors produces bronchoconstriction, airway edema, and acute inflammation, leading to airflow obstruction. Endac ...

Effective methods of preserving cells and tissues are essential for the established and emerging companies using cryopreservation as part of their production processes. Conventional freezing and thawing devices have low heat transfer efficiencies that cause non-uniform thermal processing in biological materials resulting in products with low and inconsistent cell viability. The development of an a ...

Improved imaging technologies are critically needed for noninvasive detection of cancer. We have recently shown excellent imaging feasibility of prostate cancer, breast cancer and brain tumors using F-1 8 labeled choline (FCH) and positron emission tomography (PET). In order to minimize radiation exposure to radiochemistry personnel and increase th; reliability of radiotracer synthesis, it is prop ...

Basic research aimed at understanding the complex regulations and interactions lead to various diseases requires novel bioanalytical approaches that allow detailed characterization of the proteome with ultra high-speed and sensitivity so that important regulatory proteins can be effectively studied. For the analysis of complex protein mixtures such as cell lysates, two-dimensional polyacrylamide g ...