Stability and safety key factors of the oncolytic protoparvovirus H-1 from manufacturing to human application.

The oncolytic rodent protoparvovirus H-1PV has been successfully used in phase I/II clinical trials to treat recurrent glioblastoma multiforme and pancreatic cancer. The present work focuses on the stability and environmental safety of the H-1PV drug product from production up to its use in patients. We identified hold-steps in manufacturing for up to 3 months and showed 7-years stability for the optimal product formulation.

Effectiveness of Physical-Activity-Based Interventions Targeting Overweight and Obesity among University Students-A Systematic Review.

Overweight and obesity, including their prevalence and consequences, reflect a leading public health problem. Studies have already shown that physical activity leads to a reduction in body weight in children and adults. However, the university setting has rarely been investigated.

Upstream process optimization and micro- and macrocarrier screening for large-scale production of the oncolytic H-1 protoparvovirus.

The oncolytic virus H-1PV is a promising candidate for various cancer treatments. Therefore, production process needs to be optimized and scaled up for future market release. Currently, the virus is produced with minimum essential medium in 10-layer CellSTACK® chambers with limited scalability, requiring a minimum seeding density of 7.

Continuous influenza virus production in a tubular bioreactor system provides stable titers and avoids the "von Magnus effect".

Continuous cell culture-based influenza vaccine production could significantly reduce footprint and manufacturing costs compared to current batch processing. However, yields of influenza virus in continuous mode can be affected by oscillations in virus titers caused by periodic accumulation of defective interfering particles. The generation of such particles has also been observed previously in cascades of continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTRs) and is known as the "von Magnus effect".

Nuclear stopping from 0.09A to 1.93A GeV and its correlation to flow.

We present a complete systematics (excitation functions and system-size dependences) of global stopping and side flow for heavy ion reactions in the energy range between 0.09A and 1.93A GeV.

Azimuthal dependence of collective expansion for symmetric heavy-ion collisions.

Detailed studies of the azimuthal dependence of the mean fragment and flow energies in the Au+Au and Xe+CsI systems are reported as a function of incident energy and centrality. Comparisons between data and model calculations show that the flow energy values along different azimuthal directions could be viewed as snapshots of the fireball expansion with different exposure times. For the same number of participating nucleons more transversally elongated participant shapes from the heavier system produce less collective transverse energy.

Properties and Planned Use of the Intense THz Radiation from ELBE at Dresden-Rossendorf.

The radiation source ELBE atDresden-Rossendorf is centered around asuperconducting ELectron accelerator ofhigh Brilliance and low Emittance (ELBE) which produces electronbeams up to 40 MeV. This new facility delivers secondary radiation of differentkinds. Special emphasis will be given tothe production of intense THz radiationfrom its Free-Electron Lasers (FEL).