Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a animal feed for calves comprising calf-specific bacteria, optionally lipids, proteins, vitamins and/or mineral materials for conditioning of the intestinal flora in calves, and thus, for prophylaxis and/or treatment of diarrhea in calves.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a animal feed for calves comprising calf-specific bacteria, optionally lipids, proteins, vitamins and/or mineral materials for conditioning of the intestinal flora in calves, and thus, for prophylaxis and/or treatment of diarrhea in calves.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods and compositions for generating novel nucleic acid molecules through targeted spliceosomal mediated RNA traps-splicing. The compositions of the invention include pre-traps-splicing molecules (PTMs) designed to interact with a target precursor messenger RNA molecule (target pre-mRNA) and mediate a traps-splicing reaction resulting in the generation of a novel chimeric RNA molecule (chimeric RNA). In particular, the PTMs of the present invention can be genetically engineered to interact with a specific target premRNA expressed in cells of the skin so as to result in correction of genetic defects responsible for a variety of different skin disorders to encode a reporter molecule or protein that may have therapeutic value. The compositions of the invention further include recombinant vectors systems capable of expressing the PTMs of the invention and cells expressing said PTMs. The methods of the invention encompass contacting the PTMs of the invention with specific target pre-Mrna expressed within cells of the skin under conditions in which a portion of the PTM is traps-spliced to a portion of the target pre-mRNA to form a chimeric RNA molecule wherein the genetic defect in the specific gene has been corrected. The present invention is based on the successful trans -splicing of the collagen XVII pre-mRNA thereby establishing the usefulness of trans -splicing for correction of skin specific genetic defects. The methods and compositions of the present invention can be used in gene therapy for treatment of specific disorders of the skin, i.e ., genodermatoses, such as epidermal fragility disorders, keratinization disorders, hair disorders and pigmentation disorders as well as cancers of the skin.
Abstract:
A control device has a first microprocessor system and a first linearly addressable storage for program codes and system data and a second storage for additional program codes and other system data that may be driven with the same addresses. The first storage is driven by a first additional address line and the second storage is driven by a second additional address line of the logic circuitry. The logic circuitry forms the address lines from the status bit of the microprocessor device automatically generated on the basis of the instructions to be processed. Additional registers and an enlarged address decoding logic in the logic circuitry attribute storage blocks to another address area and allow storage blocks in the same address area to be selectively operated. The address volume of a microprocessor system is thus increased in a simple manner and a process is obtained for reading and writing into storage areas that allows system control units to be advantageously serviced at a distance.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for encoding products, wherein a magnetic composition containing magnetic nanoparticles is applied to at least one pre-determined surface unit of the surface of a product, and is dried and/or hardened. In the magnetic composition, monodispersed isotropic magnetic nanoparticles having at least one pre-determined nominal particle size are distributed homogeneously in a pre-determined concentration. A code is formed from the nominal particle size and/or from the concentration of the magnetic nanoparticles in the magnetic composition. The invention also relates a product encoded in such a way, and to a magnetic composition.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and kit for performing assays like immunoassays. The assays are performed by using two different types of magnetic beads.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to systems and methods for screening compounds and/or mutant ribosomal proteins in a eukaryotic cell that increase or decrease the translation of a target gene and thereby ameliorate or revert a defective and/or undesired translation of a target gene. Disclosed are compounds and proteins as identified with the methods and systems of the invention, pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions thereof, their uses for the preparation of a medicament, methods of treatment of a disease or condition or cosmetic condition related to the defective translation of a gene, for example genetic diseases such as Epidermolysis bullosa, as well as diagnostic measures practical for the clinical evaluation of such diseases or conditions. Also, kits are provided which comprise the identified compounds and/or proteins in addition to suitable means for performing the methods of the invention
Abstract:
The invention concerns a wiring component (11) with which a power switch (1) can be interconnected both with an alternating current contactor (2) as well as with a direct current contactor (3), even when the connecting strips (5, 8) of the contactors (2, 3) are placed differently with respect to the connecting strips (4) of the power switch (1). This is effected by matching the bend and the material thickness m of the two Z-shaped stamped bent parts (12) used in the wiring component (11).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition for use in the prevention of the rejection of skin tissue, comprising an effective amount of a peptide comprising an epitope of an antigen selected from the group of the polypeptides type XVII collagen, VII collagen, integrin alpha 6, integrin beta 4, chains of laminin, chains of laminin 322, type IV collagen, plectin, plakoglobin, bullous pemphigoid antigen 1, periplakin, envoplakin, desmoglein 1, desmoglein 3, a desmocollin and human bullous pemphigoid antigen 2 (hBPAG2) wherein said epitope induces immunological tolerance against its underlying polypeptide, and/or a nucleic acid for expressing a peptide comprising an epitope of said antigen as well as a gene therapy based on the composition, in the context of autoimmune blistering diseases, such as bullous pemphigoid or genetic skin diseases such as epidermolysisbullosa.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to specific and markedly improved pre-mRNA trans -splicing molecule (RTM) molecules which are designed to correct specific genes expressed within cells to be targeted, and which are associated with epidermolysis bullosa, cystic fibrosis, pachyonychia congenital, and psoriasis or neurodermitis, as well as cancers of the skin. In particular, the RTMs of the present invention are genetically engineered to interact with a specific target pre-mRNA expressed in cells to be targeted so as to result in correction of genetic defects or reprogramming of gene expression responsible for a variety of different skin disorders.