Abstract: The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that reduce expression of A1CF, as well as conjugates, salts and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention also relates to uses of such antisense oligonucleotides, conjugates, salts and pharmaceutical compositions in methods for reducing A1CF expression and in medical uses and methods of treatment of disease, particularly treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medicine and medicinal chemistry, more in particular to the design, manufacture and use of anti-cancer drugs that can be activated by an external stimulus that can be applied in a spatiotemporal fashion. Provided herein is a compound having the chemical structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for clamping a neck pillow to a chair with a backrest and a headrest, comprising the step of providing a neck pillow with a deformable coupling element and placing the coupling element clampingly in an opening between the backrest and the headrest. The present invention also relates to a neck pillow for use in a method according to the present invention, comprising a deformable coupling element for placing in an opening between a backrest and a headrest of a chair.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a water softening composition which comprises the steps of:(a) applying to finely divided solid carrier particles of an inorganic material selected, e.g., from the group consisting of aluminosilicates having an Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 content of from 1 to 75% by mole, kieselguhr, a silicic acid composition containing 67 mole % of SiO.sub.2, 1 mole % of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and 278 mole % of H.sub.2 O, a silica gel containing 12.24% of SiO.sub.2, 7.35% of N.sub.2 SO.sub.4, 0.41% of Na.sub.2 O and 80% of H.sub.2 O, aluminum oxide, alumina hydrate, bentonite and sodium sulfate, a solution of sodium aluminate having a concentration of from about 0.2% to 25% by weight and a molar ratio Na.sub.2 O/Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 of from about 0.3 to 47, in an amount which is sufficient to coat the particles with an outside layer of sodium aluminate amounting from about 0.5 to about 50% by weight of the particles; and, (b) drying the coated particles at a temperature of from about 20.degree. to 120.