In general, an illumination display includes a light transmitting panel that provides enhanced illumination edge lighting. Also disclosed are formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate that are also resistant to the conversion into GBL. According to the invention, the wire is first pre-treated by hardening and tempering and is then cold-worked in such a way that the mounting portion and the welding portion have different strengths. Peptide fragments and variants thereof of MANS peptide as disclosed in the present invention are useful in such methods.