摘要:
The invention relates to anti-VEGF polypeptides and antibody single variable domains (dAbs) that are resistant to degradation by a protease, as well as antagonists comprising these. The polypeptides, dAbs and antagonists are useful for pulmonary administration, oral administration, delivery to the lung and delivery to the GI tract of a patient, as well as for treating cancer and inflammatory disease, such as arthritis.
摘要:
The present disclosure relates to modified proteins and peptides that have reduced ability to bind to pre-existing antibodies. Such modified protein/peptide molecules can comprise C-terminal additions, extensions or tags and/or certain amino acid substitutions. Such modified molecules (e.g., fusions and conjugates) comprise proteins, peptides, antigen binding molecules, antibodies or antibody fragments such as single variable domains. The disclosure further relates to uses and formulations of compositions comprising such modified C-terminally extended and/or amino acid substituted molecules and also to methods of production and expression of these.
摘要:
Disclosed are ligands that have binding specificity for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), or for VEGF and EGFR. Also disclosed are methods of using these ligands. In particular, the use of these ligands for cancer therapy is described.
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An improved system for selectively deploying an auxiliary lighting system in which the vehicle onboard power system is utilized to permit the operator of the vehicle to deploy lamps to an in use position and to stow the same in a protected environment.
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Cat C3d polypeptide, fragments thereof, and nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptide and fragments are described. Genetic constructs encoding such polypeptides can be used to enhance the immunogenicity of antigens in cats. Variant nucleic acid sequences encoding cat C3d polypeptides, when used to express tandem arrays of the polypeptide show enhanced stability, leading to high level expression in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell expression systems. When incorporated into a DNA immunization vector or a recombinant live organism vaccine, the variant sequences have reduced risk of undergoing homologous recombination with genomic DNA compared to wild-type sequences, thus reducing the risk of potentially damaging integration events.
摘要翻译:描述了Cat C 3 d多肽,其片段和编码多肽和片段的核酸序列。 编码此类多肽的遗传构建体可用于增强猫中抗原的免疫原性。 当用于表达多肽的串联阵列时,编码猫C 3 d多肽的变体核酸序列表现出增强的稳定性,导致真核和原核细胞表达系统中的高水平表达。 当掺入DNA免疫载体或重组活体生物疫苗时,与野生型序列相比,变体序列具有与基因组DNA进行同源重组的风险降低,从而降低潜在的破坏整合事件的风险。
摘要:
A control system and apparatus for managing charging of electric vehicles in a transportation infrastructure and controlling at least the flight paths for drone-assisted vehicles requiring periodic charge comprises a transportation system control node connected in a first wide area network (WAN), a plurality of vehicle charging facilities distributed within the geographic region covered by the first wide area network and a charge controller connected to each of the plurality of charging facilities for brokering electric power from a power source to at least one structurally supported charge transfer apparatus maintained at each of the charging facilities.
摘要:
A transportation system has transport vehicles with electric motors, pods, being enclosed compartments that accommodate cargo, podports, being exchange stations, charging stations, and a computerized transport control system. An authorized person communicates a request to the computerized transport control system to transport a specific cargo from a first location in the geographic area to a second location in the geographic area, the computerized transport control system defines a journey from the first location to the second location, along a route comprising sequential hops through a series of podports and charging stations. The computerized transport control system manages movement of transport vehicles, exchanges at podports, and charging at charging stations along the defined route, and terminates the journey at the second location where the cargo disembarks.
摘要:
A control system and apparatus for managing charging of electric vehicles in a transportation infrastructure and controlling at least the flight paths for drone-assisted vehicles requiring periodic charge comprises a transportation system control node connected in a first wide area network (WAN), a plurality of vehicle charging facilities distributed within the geographic region covered by the first wide area network and a charge controller connected to each of the plurality of charging facilities for brokering electric power from a power source to at least one structurally supported charge transfer apparatus maintained at each of the charging facilities.
摘要:
An exchange station has openings for drones, a passenger check-in/check-out bay for processing passengers, a drone connect/release bay, having apparatus adapted to manage passenger pods mounted on smart chassis, and a computerized control system in wireless communication with control circuitry in the drones and smart chassis, guiding smart chassis with mounted passenger pods and drones, to make the exchange of pods from the smart chassis to drones. A passenger entering the passenger check-in bay is loaded into a pod mounted on a smart chassis, the pod with passenger is transported to the drone-connect/release bay, and the pod is there joined to a bare drone and disconnected from the smart chassis, the drone leaving with the passenger pod to a destination, and the smart chassis traveling away from the drone connect-release bay.
摘要:
A drone transport system has a carrier pod adapted for carrying a passenger or parcels with the passenger or parcels enclosed, the carrier pod having a first attachment interface at an uppermost extremity, the attachment interface having one or first physical attachment elements, and a flight-enabled drone having a downward-facing second attachment interface having one or more second physical attachment elements compatible with the first physical attachment elements of the carrier pod. The flight-enabled drone is controllable to approach the carrier pod from above, to align and engage the second physical attachment elements with the first physical attachment elements, to lift and carry the pod from one place to another, and to land and disengage the first and second physical attachment elements, leaving the carrier pod at a new place.