Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for orienting at least one object in at least a first or a second orientation or for placing it in a first or a second spatial location, comprising: a substrate (10) having a surface (10a), at least one object (3) levitated above said surface (10a),wherein the device (1) is designed to generate an e.g. electrostatic potential with help of the substrate (10) for trapping the at least one object (3), the potential having at least a first minimum and a second minimum, so that the at least one object (3) is oriented in the first orientation (or located in a first spatial location) when being trapped in the first minimum, and in the second orientation (or located in the second spatial location) when being trapped in the second minimum, and wherein said at least one object (3) is trapped in one of said minima.
Abstract:
The invention provides inhibitors capable of binding to a member of the inflammasome group comprised of IL-1 beta, IL-1 receptor type 1, NLRP3, ASC, Caspase-1 and cathepsin B with a dissociation constant of 10-8 mol/l or smaller for the prevention and treatment of acne, specifically an antibody, an antibody fragment, an antibody-like molecule, an oligopeptide of 6 to 30 amino acid residues, a nucleic acid aptamer molecule of 10 to 75 nucleotides in length or a soluble polypeptide comprising a contiguous amino acid sequence of at least 30 amino acids comprised within the protein sequence of a member of the group comprised of IL-1 beta, IL-1 receptor type 1, IL-1 receptor type 2, NLRP3, ASC and Caspase-1. Similarly, an interfering RNA or an antisense modulator of gene expression of IL-1 beta, I L-1 beta receptor type 1, NLRP3, ASC, Caspase-1 and cathepsin B are provided for the prevention or treatment of acne.
Abstract:
The present invention provides inhibitors capable of binding to a member of the S1PR receptor group comprised of S1PR2 and S1PR5 with a dissociation constant of 5x10-7 mol/l or smaller for treating neuronal damage, specifically an antibody, an antibody fragment, an antibody-like molecule, a nucleic acid aptamer or an oligopeptide with 6 to 30 amino acid residues in length. Similarly, an interfering RNA or an antisense modulator of gene expression of G13 or a member of the S1PR receptor group described above are provided for treating of neuronal damage.
Abstract:
A system, apparatus and method are disclosed for efficient distribution of keys with security information purposes. In one aspect, one apparatus, the key server, is in charge of generating the information that is needed to encrypt the key using an orthogonal decomposition of a vector space and assign information that determine uniquely every authorized user and to distribute the key. In another aspect a plurality of apparatus receive and transmit the encrypted key and, using the information that determines them are able to get the key by means of a scalar product and that allows access to some digital information that can be sent by the key server itself or another server using the encryption key.
Abstract:
The invention provides antibody against p40, IL-12 or IL-23 for the prevention or treatment of Alzheimer's disease. It further provides ligands to the pair of interleukin 12 or 23 and its specific receptor, specifically an antibody, an antibody fragment, an antibody-like- molecule, for the prevention or treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Similarly, siRNA, antisense or transcription factor modulators of gene expression of p19, p35, p40, IL-12R- ß1, IL-12R-ß2, and/or IL-23R for the prevention or treatment of Alzheimer's disease are provided.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of prokaryotic sphingosine-1 -phosphate lyases (S1PL) and S1PLs that lack a transmembrane domain or of a nucleic acid encoding such an S1PL in the prevention or treatment of a disease condition associated with elevated levels of sphingosine-1 -phosphate (S1P), and for which S1P elevation is directly or indirectly causative. In addition, the invention relates to a new product in the form of S1PL lacking the N-terminal loop domain.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of preventing and treating chronic hepatitis and other liver diseases comprising administering a blocker of Light, LTa1ß2, LTa2ß1 or LTßR, and the use of such blockers in said prevention and treatment and in the manufacture of medicaments for preventing and treating chronic hepatitis and other liver diseases.
Abstract:
The invention relates to therapeutic compounds which are inhibitors of serine proteases, to pharmaceutical compositions thereof and to their use in the treatment of the human or animal body. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for the treatment of neutropenia comprising the administration to a subject in need thereof of a therapeutically effective amount of a serine protease inhibitor. The invention also comprises prevention of apoptosis of myeloid cells (1) during and after transfection of bone marrow cells performed for gene therapy, (2) during blood stem cell mobilization performed for reconstitution of hematopoiesis and (3) during infusion of cells of the myeloid lineage for reconstitution of hematopoiesis for gene therapy or for treatment of neutropenia by infusion of neutrophils.
Abstract:
Specific binding members, particularly antibodies and fragments thereof, which bind to NY-ESO- 1 tumor antigen peptide/MHC molecule complexes, particularly in a manner like T cell receptors and with greater affinity than T cell receptors recognizing NY-ESO-I peptide/HLA complexes. These antibodies, particularly human antibodies are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, including melanoma, lung, esophageal, liver, gastric, prostate, ovarian, bladder and synovial sarcoma. The antibodies and fragments thereof may also be used in therapy in combination with chemotherapeutics, immune modulators, or anti-cancer agents and/or with other antibodies or fragments thereof. Antibodies of this type are exemplified by the novel antibodies T1, T2 and T3 whose sequences are provided herein.
Abstract:
The invention relates to compounds of formula 1, tautomers and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 have the meanings indicated in the specification. These compounds are receptor tyrosine kinase EphB4 inhibitors useful for the treatment of angiogenesis dependent cancers and intraocular neovascular syndromes. The invention further relates to a method termed ALTA (anchor-based library tailoring) of selecting compounds from a large compound library for screening as EphB4 inhibitors by computational procedures.