Johns Hopkins University

Aliquantumrx, Inc.

David J Sullivan

Jun O Liu

Peter F Scholl

Curtis R Chong

Kate Wittering

Nikola Kaludov

Amanda Hill

Amy Tapper

Andrew B Feldman

Plamen A Demirev

Nirbhay Kumar

Darin Kongkasuriyachai

Disclosed herein are new salts and polymorphs of cethromycin for the treatment of diseases due to infection by bacteria and certain protozoans, including, for example, malaria, Babesosis, Toxoplasmosis, diarrheal disease, respiratory disease, sexually transmitted bacterial infections, and some bioterror bacteria, including, for example, plague, tularemia and post-inhalation anthrax. Also disclosed herein are new salts and polymorphs of cethromycin for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including, for example, pelvic inflammatory disease, and peptic ulcer disease.

Salts and polymorphs of cethromycin for the treatment of disease

Described herein are methods of inhibiting angiogenesis, and treating or preventing a disease or disorder (or symptoms thereof) associated with angiogenesis, wherein an anti-angiogenesis compound is administered to a subject.

Angiogenesis inhibitors

This invention relates to assays for aanalyte in a liquid sample such as a body fluid. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for the detection of a ligand in a body fluid such as urine or blood, which can diagnose malarial infection.

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Mass spectrometric techniques are provided for detecting the presence of parasites that accumulate unbound heme in red blood cells (including malaria parasites), based on the discovery that unbound heme can be detected and quantified using mass spectrometry. In one aspect of the invention, the method includes the steps of: obtaining a blood sample from the animal; preparing a test sample on a support from the blood sample, and inserting the support into a mass spectrometer for analysis. Next one obtains a mass spectrum of the test sample and determines whether the mass spectrum contains a mass/charge signature of unbound heme. If it is determined that the mass spectrum of the test sample shows the mass/charge signature of unbound heme, the animal is diagnosed as infected with malaria parasites.

Detection of malaria parasites by mass spectrometry

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David J Sullivan