Kaneka Corporation

Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

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Takashi Asahi

Nobutaka Tani

Eiji Ogino

Fumiyasu Hirai

Michio Nomura

Takamune Yasuda

Shuichi Kaneko

Osamu Odawara

Akito Sakai

Kiyoshi Watanabe

Hajime Kawaharada

Hideo Niwa

Tetsu Kakutani

Kaku Nakagawa

Takahisa Nakai

Hiroyuki Maruyama

Yuji Okubo

Takayuki Sakogawa

An adsorbent for removing hepatitis C virus which has the ability to adsorb HCV particles, particularly immune-complex HCV particles, from a patient's body blood safely and with high efficiency and high selectivity for enhancing the efficacy of interferon therapy, an HCV adsorption apparatus including said adsorbent, and a adsorbing method for removing HCV are provided. An adsorbent for removing hepatitis C virus which comprises a compound capable of adsorbing hepatitis C virus as immobilized on a water-insoluble carrier, an adsorption apparatus including said adsorbent, and an adsorbing method for removing HCV.

Adsorbent for eliminating hepatitis C virus, adsorber, and adsorption method

An adsorbent or bradykinin comprising styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer having sulfonic acid groups and a method for adsorbing and removing bradykinin comprising contacting the adsorbent with a fluid containing bradykinin are provided. An adsorber for adsorbing bradykinin in which the adsorbent is charged in a vessel having an inlet and an outlet for a fluid is also provided.

Adsorbent for bradykinin, method for eliminating the same by adsorption, and adsorber

An adsorbent for toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) comprising a compound which has a log P value of at least 2.50 wherein P is a partition coefficient in an octanol-water system and which is immobilized on a water-insoluble carrier; a method for removing TSST-1 body fluids by adsorption which comprises bringing a body fluid containing TSST-1 into contact with the adsorbent; an adsorber for TSST-1 comprising an adsorbent packed in a container having an inlet and an outlet for a body fluid and a means for preventing the adsorbent from flowing out of the container; and use of the adsorbent. TSST-1 in body fluids can be efficiently removed by the adsorbent.

Method for removing toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 in body fluids by adsorption

Adsorbent for immunoglobulins and complexes thereof, adsorption method,

An endotoxin adsorption system of the present invention comprises a combination of a cation exchange resin having sodium as a counter ion and a cation exchange resin having sodium and one or more metal ions other than sodium as a counter ion, and adsorbs an endotoxin without decreasing of the concentration of cations.

Endotoxin adsorption system

The present invention relates to an adsorbent being capable of efficiently removing tumor necrosis factor-.alpha. (TNF-.alpha.) in a body fluid, an adsorber using the adsorbent and a process for adsorbing and removing TNF-.alpha., namely an adsorbent of TNF-.alpha., wherein onto a water-insoluble carrier a compound having a functional group represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X.sup.- is an anionic functional group, A is a substituent group except for the anionic functional group, n is an integer of 0 to 4 and in case n is at least 2, groups A, the number of which is n, may be the same or different from each other; a process for adsorbing and removing TNF-.alpha., which comprises coming the adsorbent into contact with a body fluid; and an adsorber for adsorbing TNF-.alpha. wherein a vessel having an inlet and an outlet for a body fluid and being equipped with a means for preventing the adsorbent from flowing to the outside of the vessel, is charged with the adsorbent.

Process for adsorbing and removing tumor necrosis factor-.alpha.

Adsorbent of interleukins, process for removing the same, and adsorber

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Kobe, Japan

Takashi Asahi