European Molecular Biology Laboratory Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160053241 | INFLUENZA A 2009 PANDEMIC H1N1 POLYPEPTIDE FRAGMENTS COMPRISING ENDONUCLEASE ACTIVITY AND THEIR USE - The present invention relates to polypeptide fragments comprising an amino-terminal fragment of the PA subunit of a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase possessing endonuclease activity, wherein said PA subunit is from Influenza A 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus or is a variant thereof. This invention also relates to (i) crystals of the polypeptide fragments which are suitable for structure determination of said polypeptide fragments using X-ray crystallography and (ii) computational methods using the structural coordinates of said polypeptide to screen for and design compounds that modulate, preferably inhibit the endonucleolytically active site within the polypeptide fragment. In addition, this invention relates to methods identifying compounds that bind to the PA polypeptide fragments possessing endonuclease activity and preferably inhibit said endonucleolytic activity, preferably in a high throughput setting. This invention also relates to compounds which are able to modulate, preferably to inhibit, the endonuclease activity of the PA subunit polypeptide fragment or variant thereof of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds for the treatment of disease conditions caused by viral infections with viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae family, Bunyaviridae family and/or Arenviridae family, preferably caused by viral infections with Influenza A 2009 pandemic H1N1 virus. Preferably, said compounds are identifiable by the methods disclosed herein or said pharmaceutical compositions are producible by the methods disclosed herein. | 02-25-2016 |
20150321190 | AUTOMATION OF INCUBATION, PROCESSING, HARVESTING AND ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES IN A MULTI-CELL PLATE WITH THIN FILM SAMPLE SUPPORT - The present invention relates to the automation of incubation, processing, harvesting and analysis of samples ( | 11-12-2015 |
20150211682 | COOLING OF A DEWAR VESSEL WITH ICE FREE COOLANT AND FOR SHORT SAMPLE ACCESS - The present invention relates to a pump ( | 07-30-2015 |
20140038990 | Dihydroxypyrimidine carbonic acid derivatives and their use in the treatment, amelioration or prevention of a viral disease - The present invention relates to a compound having the general formula (Di), (Dii), or (Diii), optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, polymorph, codrug, cocrystal, prodrug, tautomer, racemate, enantiomer, or diastereomer or mixture thereof, | 02-06-2014 |
20130317022 | 7-OXO-THIAZOLOPYRIDINE CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN THE TREATMENT, AMELIORATION OR PREVENTION OF A VIRAL DISEASE - The present invention relates to a compound having the general formula (A), optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, polymorph, codrug, cocrystal, prodrug, tautomer, racemate, enantiomer, or diastereomer or mixture thereof, | 11-28-2013 |
20130149696 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF PAPILLOMAVIRUS-NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES IN A SAMPLE - The present invention relates to a method for the determination of the presence of PV-neutralizing antibodies in a sample, comprising a) contacting said sample with infectious PV particles comprising a reporter gene, wherein the gene product of said reporter gene is secreted into the growth medium, b) contacting the PV particles from a) with host cells, and c) determining PV-neutralizing antibodies based on the amount of gene product from said reporter gene, wherein, preferably, a lower amount of said gene product as compared to a reference amount is indicative of the presence of PV-neutralizing antibodies. It further relates to a host cell strongly adhering to multi-cluster plates for use in a method for diagnosing anti-PV immunity comprising the method of the present invention. | 06-13-2013 |
20130023565 | INFLUENZA A 2009 PANDEMIC H1N1 POLYPEPTIDE FRAGMENTS COMPRISING ENDONUCLEASE ACTIVITY AND THEIR USE - The present invention relates to polypeptide fragments comprising an amino-terminal fragment of the PA subunit of a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase possessing endonuclease activity, wherein said PA subunit is from Influenza A 2009 pan-demic H1N1 virus or is a variant thereof. This invention also relates to (i) crystals of the polypeptide fragments which are suitable for structure determination of said polypeptide fragments using X-ray crystallography and (ii) computational methods using the structural coordinates of said polypeptide to screen for and design compounds that modulate, preferably inhibit the endonucleolytically active site within the polypeptide fragment. In addition, this invention relates to methods identifying compounds that bind to the PA polypeptide fragments possessing endonuclease activity and preferably inhibit said endonucleolytic activity, preferably in a high throughput setting. This invention also relates to compounds which are able to modulate, preferably to inhibit, the endonuclease activity of the PA subunit polypeptide fragment or variant thereof of the present invention and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds for the treatment of disease conditions caused by viral infections with viruses of the | 01-24-2013 |
20110287960 | Method For Producing Monoclonal Antibodies - The present invention relates to methods for producing monoclonal antibodies. In particular, the invention relates to high throughput methods for producing and screening monoclonal antibodies more rapidly than conventional methods. | 11-24-2011 |
20090202108 | ASSAYING AND IMAGING SYSTEM IDENTIFYING TRAITS OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS - A method of system is provided for assaying specimens. In connection with such system or method, plural multi-pixel target images of a field of view are obtained at different corresponding points in time over a given sample period. A background image is obtained using a plural set of the plural target images. For a range of points in time, the background image is removed from the target images to produce corresponding background-removed target images. Analysis is performed using at least a portion of the corresponding background-removed target images to identify visible features of the specimens. A holding structure is provided to hold a set of discrete specimen containers. A positioning mechanism is provided to position a plural subset of the containers to place the moving specimens within the plural subset of the containers within a field of view of the camera. | 08-13-2009 |