Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of viral vectors able to stably integrate into the genome of thymic stromal cells, or of intrathymic lymphocytes or lymphocytes precursors, for the manufacture of a medicine intended for intrathymic administration in the frame of the prevention or treatment of genetic immunodeficiencies, acquired immunodeficiencies, or for the induction of immune tolerance of the organism to self or non-self gene products, cells or tissues, or for the prevention or treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a waveguide component with several layers stacked on a silicon substrate. Said component comprises a buffer layer (2) which is positioned on said substrate (1), a guiding layer (3) which is positioned on the buffer layer and which is used to produce a waveguide device (6), and an outer layer (5) used as protection against external stresses. The layers are made from an organic-inorganic hybrid using the sol-gel process. The inventive method is characterised in that an additional layer (4) is disposed on top of the guiding layer (3) in such a way that a symmetrical structure is obtained having the same refractive index around the waveguide device produced in the guiding layer (3). The invention can be used to produce a waveguide component.
Abstract:
A method of measuring a dose related to the non-ionizing effects of a radiation of particles comprises the irradiation of a capacitive element furnished with an electrode made of a semiconducting material, the measurement of the capacitance of the capacitive element in an accumulation regime and the determination of the dose related to the non-ionizing effects on the basis of the measurement of capacitance of the capacitive element in the accumulation regime.
Abstract:
The invention relates to Cyc A2 for use as a specific biomarker of the invasive capacity of cancer cells of human or animal origin and to a method for evaluating the invasive power of cancer cells. Use as medicaments and for the screening of anti-metastatic compounds.
Abstract:
The invention relates to indole-derived compounds and to the use of said compounds for the preparation of a medicament that can be used to treat diseases related to the process of splicing pre-messenger RNAs in the cell, such as Frasier syndrome, frontotemporal dementia linked to chromosome 17 (a form of Parkinson's disease), Leigh syndrome (a type of encephalopathy), atypical cystic fibrosis, certain neuropathologies including Alzheimer's disease linked to a mutation in the Tau protein, muscle atrophy which affects the SMN (Survival of Motor Neuron) gene, depression linked to a serotonin splicing impairment, and certain cancers in which the global splicing process is affected (e.g. breast cancer, colon cancer and certain lymphomas), as well as viral diseases such as AIDS.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to a method for treating a host, especially a human, infected with hepatitis C, flavivirus and/or pestivirus, comprising administering to that host an effective amount of an anti-HCV biologically active pentofuranonucleoside where the pentofuranonucleoside base is an optionally substituted 2-azapurine. The optionally substituted pentofuranonucleoside, or a salt or prodrug thereof, may be administered alone or in combination with one or more optionally substituted pentofuranonucleosides or other anti-viral agents.
Abstract:
A composite material made of borophosphosilicate and an organic matrix, used to create, preferably, a solid electrolyte membrane for a proton conduction electrochemical device having an operating temperature of up to 400 DEG C. The organic matrix consists of a thermally stable polymer. The polymer can, for example, be a polyimide.