The present invention relates generally to novel peptides and related compounds that have thrombopoietic activity. The compounds of the invention may be used to increase production of platelets or platelet precursors (e.g. megakaryocytes) in a mammal.

The present invention is directed to peptide analogues of glucagon-like peptide-1, the pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, to methods of using such analogues to treat mammals and to pharmaceutical compositions useful therefor comprising said analogues.

A process for producing resin particles, comprising providing a raw material solution containing a polymerization initiator and a substance of radical polymerization and heating the raw material solution at a temperature not higher than the 1 hr half-life temperature of the polymerization initiator so as to harden the raw material solution. The thus produced resin particles (30) exhibit high compr...

A polymer compound suitable for use in organic electroluminescent elements; a process for producing the compound; and an organic electroluminescent element employing the compound. The polymer is a sulfo-containing polymer characterized by having a structure formed by introducing sulfo groups into a polymer comprising repeating units represented by the general formula (1): wherein, in the form...

A device and related method for decomposing polymer materials using H2O plasma is disclosed. The present invention applies high frequency electronic power to a process chamber and induces water vapor into the process chamber for generating H2O plasma discharge to decompose polymer materials, and then recycles gas generated by the decomposing process.

A method of adhesion inhibiting generation of bubbles is provided. Heating, evacuation and centrifugal degassing are performed on an adhesive 37 disposed in an adhesive container 30 to semi-harden the adhesive 37 , then a semi-hardened adhesive is discharged as disposed in the adhesive container 30 to mount a chip. Removal of bubbles is efficiently performed since semi-hardening and degassing are ...

A protective tape used for optical member comprising a plastic film base, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the plastic film base and a treated layer formed on an opposite side of the plastic film base, wherein the treated layer has a structure in which a copolymer (A) including (a) an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group with carbon numbers of 8 to 20; (b) (meth)acry...

The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent device material composed of an aromatic amine derivative having a specific structure in which amine moieties are linked to a chrysene moiety; and an organic electroluminescent device having a cathode, an anode, and one or more organic thin-film layers interposed between the cathode and the anode, the organic thin-layers including at leas...

Objects of the present invention are to provide a purification process that enables Pd to be removed effectively, and to provide an electroluminescent material and an electroluminescent device obtained by employing the process. The present invention relates to a process for purifying an electroluminescent material, the process involving treating, with a phosphorus-containing material, an electrolu...

The present invention relates to a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound in which a substituted or unsubstituted C2-30 cycloalkane, or a substituted or unsubstituted C5-50 polycycloalkane is fused to a substituent of said polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon as represented by formula (3). Furthermore, the present invention relates to an organic light emitting device comprising a first electrode, at ...

The present invention provides a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having an excellent durability against blue laser light and having a small refractive index and small light absorption, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and an optical anisotropic material using the liquid crystal composition. The polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by the following formula (1...

A polyurethane resin formed product, characterized in that it comprises an antistatic agent and an antistatic agent auxiliary comprising a lactone type monomer; and a method for producing the polyurethane resin formed product, which comprises reacting, in a mold for forming, an organic polyisocyanate with a polyol or a urethane prepolymer containing a terminal isocyanate group with a polyamine bas...

An apparatus and a method for treating and recovering gas type hydrocarbon are provided to make exhaust gas clean and prevent an adsorbent from being poisoned by moisture, by using a first condensing unit, a second condensing unit, and an adsorbing and desorbing unit for removing gasoline steam. A first condensing unit(9) removes moisture and gasoline steam. A second condensing unit(10) is install...

An aspiration device for cells or tissues loaded on a container includes a tubular body, a scraper disposed on the tubular body. The scraper scrapes cells or tissues from the container, and the scraped cells or tissues are suctioned into the tubular body. The scraper includes a connecting portion connected to the tubular body, an elastic portion connected to the connecting portion, and a scraping ...

The invention relates to novel modified neomycin phosphotransferase genes and the use thereof in a selection method for high-producing recombinant cells. The invention also relates to expression vectors containing a modified neomycin phosphotransferase gene and a gene of interest in a functional bond with a heterologous promoter, and a method for producing heterologous gene products by using said ...

The present invention provides a method of diagnosing neoplasms having a particular phenotype by using oncolytic viruses that selectively replicate in neoplasms having the particular phenotype. For example, reovirus does not replicate in normal cells. However, reovirus selectively replicate in cells with an activated ras pathway, which leads to death of these cells. Therefore, a cell which becomes...

This invention provides recombinant protein comprising formula as follows: A-B wherein A is polypeptide containing glutamine-rich domain comprising 8-200 glutamine residues and B is color-alteration enzyme modulated by the domain. This invention also provides an expressing ve...