Abstract: The present invention provides novel viral vectors for use in human therapy, particularly for use in in the treatment of a disease or disorder which has its origin in the brain or is brain based, particularly a PGRN-associated neurodegenerative disease or disorder including frontotemporal degenerative disease or disorder such as Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease. The invention also provides viral vectors for use in the treatment of brain tumors, particularly brain tumors selected from the group consisting of glioblastoma, glioma, ganglioneuroblastoma, astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, PNET (primitive neuroectodermal), medulloblastoma, CNS lymphoma, and neuroblastoma, or any other CNS tumor and further in the treatment of brain metastasis, originating from any forms of breast, lung, colon, testicular, renal carcinomas and melanoma, or any other solid tumor, and any hematologic tumor, comprising all forms of leukemia and lymphomas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transducing a target cell, the method comprising the step of contacting a target cell with a retroviral vector and a compound capable of enhancing transduction efficiency or a combination of such compounds, wherein the target cell is pre- and/or co-stimulated by pre- and/or co-incubation with said transduction enhancing compound or a combination of transduction enhancing compounds prior to and/or during contacting the target cell with the retroviral vector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated human hematopoietic stem cell or progenitor cell, transduced with a lentiviral vector which comprises a coding nucleic acid sequence encoding a functional variant of a polypeptide selected from gp9lphox, p22phox, p40phox, p47phox, p67phox and Rac2; under transcriptional control of a promoter sequence that comprises or essentially consists of the miR223 promoter sequence (SEQ ID NO 01).

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising lycopene and genistein in the prevention and coadjuvant treatment of prostate carcinoma. The present invention is also directed to the use of a composition comprising lycopene and epigallocatechin gallate in the prevention and coadjuvant treatment of prostate carcinoma. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of one of these compositions in the primary prevention (i.e., the prophylactic supplementation of healthy subjects) of the onset of prostate carcinoma, in the coadjuvant treatment (i.e. the supplementation accompanying a running therapy of prostate carcinoma) and in the secondary prevention (i.e., the supplementation after a successful therapy for the prevention of relapse) of prostate carcinoma.

Abstract: Lycopene can be used in the primary prevention and incidence risk reduction of non-cancerous symptoms and/or pathologies (i.e., the prophylactic supplementation of the healthy subjects), in the treatment or the coadjuvant treatment of non-can-cerous symptoms and/or pathologies (i.e. the supplementation as therapy or accompanying a running therapy) and in the secondary prevention of non-cancerous symptoms and/or pahtologies (i.e., the supplementation after a successful therapy for the prevention of the relapse), which are associated with, favored by or caused by androgen signalling or which are sensitive to a reduction of androgen signalling.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with the use of lycopene, optionally in combination with vitamin E and/or C or other biologically active ingredients as disclosed in the specification, in the manufacture of a composition for the primary and secondary prevention of angiogenesis-associated pathologies and coadjuvant treatment thereof; as well as with particular novel formulations comprising lycopene.