Method for delivering RNA to neurons to treat herpes infections

US12156919B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• University of Florida Research Foundation, INC. · US
• BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE · US

Inventors

• David C. Bloom · Gainesville, US
• Alfred S. Lewin · Gainesville, US
• Donna M. Neumann · New Orleans, US
• Zachary L. Watson · Gainesville, US
• Sonal Sanjeev Tuli · Gainesville, US
• Gregory S. Schultz · Gainesville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2022
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2830/008
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Aspects of the application relate to methods and compositions for delivering therapeutic nucleic acids to neural cells or tissue in a subject. Additional aspects of the application relate to therapeutic nucleic acids, for example therapeutic ribozymes, that are useful for inhibiting viral reactivation in a subject.