WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn") announced today that in vitro studies have demonstrated that GCS-100 binds to and blocks the effects of galectin-3.

By Gupta, Kshitij Gupta, R K; Hajela, Krishnan Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is an important component of the immune defence able to bind to repeating mannose based structural patterns typical of microbial surface (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites) leading to opsonization and phagocytosis, and activation of the complement pathway resulting in lysis of the pathogen.

Pro-Pharmaceuticals has signed an agreement with Spanish biotech firm Digna Biotech to improve treatment of chronic hepatitis C infections.

The FDA has completed its review of Enzon's investigational new drug application for recombinant human Mannose-Binding Lectin for the treatment of severe infections in patients who are undergoing liver transplant.

VT-2008 Surfactant proteins A and D, collagen like lectins (collectins) were first isolated from the lung. SP-A and SP-D play an important role in lung innate immune defense.