TISSUE PROTECTIVE PEPTIDES AND PEPTIDE ANALOGS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH TISSUE DAMAGE The present invention provides peptides and peptide analogs that have tissue protective 5 activities while having little or no potentially undesirable hematopoietic effects. The peptides and peptide analogs are useful in preventing and treating a variety of diseases and disorders associated with tissue damage. Fig. 1 10