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The present invention specifically provides a novel vaccine formulation
suitable for ocular immunization and provides a method for inducing a local and systemic immune response. The combination of the three components antigen & corpusculate bodies (eg.Bortedella pertussis (wBP)) & adjuvans showed the highest rise in IgA antibody titers in tears and sera when compared to other immunization groups. Immunization via the conjunctiva with TTd plus wBP and adjuvant resulted in a 33% survival rate of challenged mice compared to a 0% survival rate in non-immunized animals.

USE OF ERYTHROPOIETIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF
FRIEDREICH´S ATAXIA:
In addition to its neuro- and cardioprotective properties recombinant human erythropoietin (rhuEPO) significantly increases frataxin expression in primary lymphocytes from FApatients, and other cell types like neurons and primary human cardiac cells in vitro. (Sturm et.al 2005, Eur. J.Clin. Invest. 35(11):711-7) rhuEPO was successfully tested as a treatment for Friedreich`s ataxia in Phase IIa/IIb and dosefinding studies.

Pathological calcification processes in the human body are often the
beginning of a series of diseases which relate to organ systems such as the vascular system of the heart, and kidney. As a consequence of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, calcification processes can lead to severe impairments of health or to death. Therefore, it is of scientific and economical interest, to develop new approaches for quick and inexpensive treatments of these diseases. Already known calcification biomarkers provide an indication of occurring calcification processes but still can’t make a statement about triggering factors, which will be possible with our in vitro calcification model, CALCI-QUICK.

Researchers of the Medical University of Vienna have identified highly
active synthetic chalcones derived from the chalcone scaffold. These
cytotoxic compounds were found and developed by modifying the
chalcone lead structure concurrent with in vitro tests to evaluate their
cytotoxic potential in different cancer cell lines. Compounds were
thoroughly tested regarding their efficacy in inhibiting proliferation and
viability in cancer cell lines of the hematopoietic system. The combination of the new chalcone compound with the targeting agents, Idelalisib and Ibrutinib, which are novel compounds in the treatment of hematological malignancies, displayed higher cytotoxicity on CLL cells than Idelalisib and Ibrutinib alone.

The proposed methodology is an important step towards image-analysis
based individualization of patient management and treatment in one of the most cost-intensive fields of modern medicine. We propose to
identify and quantify retinal morphology using deep learning algorithms
such as convolutional neural networks (CNN) and to predict future
disease progression patterns and treatment response in patients based on spatio-temporal signatures.

At University of Bremen a new wound healing strategy has been presented: The team of the Wound Repair Unit at the Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen (CBIB) has shown the influence of lung surfactant on keratinocytes and the benefit of these interactions for cell migration and wound resurfacing. Lung surfactants contain phospholipids and surfactant proteins and are used as standard therapy for respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants.