| UNIVERSITE FRANCOIS RABELAIS DE TOURS Patent applications |
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| 20120027750 | METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CANCER PROGNOSIS - Methods are provided to determine the cancer prognosis of subjects and/or to adapt the treatment protocol of subjects having or susceptible to cancer. Embodiments include the steps of determining in vitro the genotype of said subject at a polymorphism in the C3-ITGAM axis, making a cancer prognosis of the subject based on said genotype and selecting an anti-cancer treatment for the subject. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20110154901 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE FOR LOCALIZED CONTACTLESS MEASUREMENT OF ELASTIC AND DISSIPATIVE NON-LINEARITIES AND VISCOELASTICITY - The disclosure relates to an acoustic method and device for localized, contactless, measurement of elastic and dissipative non-linearities and dynamic non-linear viscoelasticity in a medium subjected to a low-frequency acoustic stress and probed by ultrasonic pulses or wave trains. For this purpose, the disclosure relates to an acoustic, localized and contactless device for measuring elastic and dissipative nonlinearities and viscoelasticity of a specimen, wherein it includes: means for transmitting a low-frequency acoustic wave and means for receiving said low-frequency acoustic wave, which means are capable of creating a low-frequency periodic variation of the hydrostatic pressure in the specimen; means for generating high-frequency ultrasonic pulses and means for receiving said pulses; and an analysis unit that includes a model for calculating the modulations in the time of flight and in the amplitude of the ultrasonic pulses that are induced by the low-frequency acoustic wave passing through the specimen, so as to quantify the elastic and dissipative non-linearities and the non-linear viscoelasticity of the specimen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110150921 | NOVEL FUSION PROTEINS AND USE THEREOF FOR PREPARING HEPATITIS C VACCINES - An immunogenic fusion protein includes at least, on the C-terminal side, a first peptide composed of the S protein deleted of the transmembrane domain thereof located at the N-terminal end thereof, of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) isolate, and on the N-terminal side, a second peptide composed of the transmembrane domain and of the ectodomain of at least one envelope protein of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) isolate. A hybrid nucleic acid molecule encoding the fusion protein, and a vector including the hybrid nucleic acid molecule, a subviral particle including the fusion protein, an immunogenic composition including at least the fusion protein, or at least the hybrid nucleic acid molecule, or at least the subviral particle, and a cell line for the production of the fusion protein, or of the hybrid nucleic acid molecule, or of the subviral particle are described. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110133981 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE THREE DIMENSIONAL LOCATING OF AN OBJECT IN A VOLUME - The invention relates to a system for locating an object in a volume comprising:—a first matrix of scanning antennas positioned in a first plane;—first detection means arranged so as to detect a first signal received by the object in response to a first electromagnetic signal emitted by the first matrix towards the volume;—first means of two-dimensional locating that are arranged so as to determine the position of a projection of the object into the first plane as a function of the first signal received; in which the system comprises:—a second matrix of scanning antennas which is positioned in a second plane, the second plane not being parallel to the first plane, second detection means arranged so as to detect a second signal received by the object in the volume in response to a second electromagnetic signal emitted by the second matrix of antennas towards the volume;—second means of two-dimensional locating which are arranged so as to determine the position of a projection of the object in the second plane as a function of the second signal received;—means of three-dimensional locating arranged to locate the object in a reference frame formed by the first plane and the second plane, as a function of the position of the object in the first plane and in the second plane. | 06-09-2011 |
