Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the domain of virology of Paramyxoviruses. The disclosure concerns a method for producing self-assembling paramyxoviral particles and a method for identifying a compound able to inhibit the replication or the transcription of a Paramyxovirus. The disclosure also pertains to the nucleocapsid-like particles obtainable by the method of the invention and their use for biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications.

This document relates to materials and methods for treating cancer. For example, this document provides materials and methods for using PD-L1 targeting domains in bispecific chimeric polypeptides, chimeric transmembrane polypeptides, genetically modified viruses, nucleic acid vectors, and/or fusion-inducing cells to treat cancer.

This document relates to materials and methods for treating cancer. For example, this document provides materials and methods for using PD-L1 targeting domains in bispecific chimeric polypeptides, chimeric transmembrane polypeptides, genetically modified viruses, nucleic acid vectors, and/or fusion-inducing cells to treat cancer.

Provided is a method for producing and/or purifying measles virus (MV) particles from a sample, the method comprising in sequential order the following steps loading a sample containing MV particles and one or more impurities onto a stationary phase material for carrying out flow-through chromatography to bind at least a fraction of the impurities contained in the sample and to produce a flow-through comprising at least a fraction of the MV particles contained in the sample; carrying out filtration, preferably ultrafiltration, and obtaining a retentate having an increased MV titer relative to the MV titer comprised in the flow-through. Further provided is a system for producing and/or purifying MV particles, comprising at least one bioreactor; a clarification unit, preferably a dead end filter unit, downstream to the bioreactor; a flow through chromatography unit downstream to the clarification unit; and a filtration unit, downstream to the flow through chromatography unit.

The present invention relates to recombinant measles virus expressing Zika virus proteins and their applications, in particular in inducing preventive protection against Zika virus. The present invention is directed to recombinant measles virus (MV) expressing at least (i) the precursor of membrane (prM) protein of a Zika virus (ZIKV), and the envelope (E) protein of a ZIKV or a truncated version thereof, or (ii) the E protein of a ZIKV or a truncated version thereof, and concerns recombinant infectious particles of said MV-ZIKV able to replicate in a host after an administration, and also Virus Like Particles (VLPs) that contain these ZIKV proteins at their surface. The present invention provides means, in particular nucleic acids, vectors, cells and rescue systems to produce these recombinant infectious particles and VLPs. The present invention also relates to the use of these recombinant infectious particles and/or VLPs, in particular under the form of a composition, more particularly in a vaccine formulation, for the prevention of an infection by ZIKV or for the preventive protection against clinical outcomes of ZIKV infection.

The invention relates to recombinant measles virus expressing Lassa virus polypeptides, and concerns in particular immunogenic LASV particles expressed by a measles virus and/or virus like particles (VLPs) that contain proteins of a Lassa virus. These particles are recombinant infectious particles able to replicate in a host after an administration. The invention provides means, in particular nucleic acid constructs, vectors, cells and rescue systems to produce these recombinant infectious particles. The invention also relates to the use of these recombinant infectious particles, in particular under the form of a composition, more particularly in a vaccine formulation, for the treatment or prevention of an infection by Lassa virus.

The present invention relates to recombinant measles virus expressing Zika virus proteins and their applications, in particular in inducing preventive protection against Zika virus. The present invention is directed to recombinant measles virus (MV) expressing at least (i) the precursor of membrane (prM) protein of a Zika virus (ZIKV), and the envelope (E) protein of a ZIKV or a truncated version thereof, or (ii) the E protein of a ZIKV or a truncated version thereof, and concerns recombinant infectious particles of said MV-ZIKV able to replicate in a host after an administration, and also Virus Like Particles (VLPs) that contain these ZIKV proteins at their surface. The present invention provides means, in particular nucleic acids, vectors, cells and rescue systems to produce these recombinant infectious particles and VLPs. The present invention also relates to the use of these recombinant infectious particles and/or VLPs, in particular under the form of a composition, more particularly in a vaccine formulation, for the prevention of an infection by ZIKV or for the preventive protection against clinical outcomes of ZIKV infection.

Embodiments of the disclosure relate to the domain of virology of Paramyxoviruses. The disclosure concerns a method for producing self-assembling paramyxoviral particles and a method for identifying a compound able to inhibit the replication or the transcription of a Paramyxovirus. The disclosure also pertains to the nucleocapsid-like particles obtainable by the method of the invention and their use for biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications.

The invention relates to recombinant measles virus expressing Lassa virus polypeptides, and concerns in particular immunogenic LASV particles expressed by a measles virus and/or virus like particles (VLPs) that contain proteins of a Lassa virus. These particles are recombinant infectious particles able to replicate in a host after an administration. The invention provides means, in particular nucleic acid constructs, vectors, cells and rescue systems to produce these recombinant infectious particles. The invention also relates to the use of these recombinant infectious particles, in particular under the form of a composition, more particularly in a vaccine formulation, for the treatment or prevention of an infection by Lassa virus.

This document relates to materials and methods for treating cancer. For example, this document provides materials and methods for using PD-L1 targeting domains in bispecific chimeric polypeptides, chimeric transmembrane polypeptides, genetically modified viruses, nucleic acid vectors, and/or fusion-inducing cells to treat cancer.