An improved simplified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the diagnosis of viral, fungal, bacterial and parasitic diseases. The diagnostic test is designed for use in non-laboratory settings where the usual equipment and supplies, including running water, may not be available. Collected blood samples are applied to a previously prepared test plate having an antigen coating covered by a layer of agar. After incubation to cause antibodies from the samples to bind to the antigen coating,...

This invention relates to a composition for use in the treatment of iodine deficiency diseases such as fibrocystic dysplasia of the breast, breast cancer, endometriosis and premenstrual syndrome. The composition may also be used for the prophylaxis of breast cancer. More particularly, this invention relates to a composition for the treatment of iodine deficiency diseases, the composition comprising a solution of elemental iodine (I.sub.2) which may also be referred to as metallic iodine or iodin...

A method of reducing the negative effect of cadmium or aluminum ion or free-radicals in body tissues and a method of alleviating cardiovascular diseases and conditions by administering to a human or an animal a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of at least one specific isomer of inositol triphosphate sufficient to obtain said alleviation.

Patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases are treated by administering an effective amount of a pyridylalkylpiperidine compound or a pyridylalkylpyrrolidine compound.

A composition for testing periodontal diseases which diagnoses or prognosticates contraction or progress of the diseases or diagnoses the therapeutic value by promptly determining peptidase-like enzymatic activity in a specimen. The composition is a combination of a compound of the formula [1] or [2] or a mixture thereof, a chromogen and an oxidase: or wherein Pro is proline residue; Arg is arginine residue; X and X' are hydrogen or an amino protecting group, respectively; Y and Y' are a residue...

The invention relates to the use of telenzepine and (+)-telenzepine in the treatment of bronchial diseases. Furthermore, the the invention relates to (+)-telenzepine, a process for its preparation and intermediates for its preparation.

Patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases are treated by administering an effective amount of a cotinine compound.

Patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases are treated by administering an effective amount of a meta-nicotine compound.

A therapeutic agent for hemorrhoidal diseases, comprising, as an active ingredient, a diester phosphate compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or a methyl, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for treating hemorrhoidal diseases, comprising administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of said diester phosphate compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Identified are particular class of imidazoles that inhibit anglogenesis. These imidazoles can be used to beneficially treat a variety of angiogenic conditions.