Prevention of viral infection by the induction of apoptosis and/or the use of an antiviral gene, hem1
US5843736A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2710/14122
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is a new, effective and general methodology to prevent viral infection, which methodology is divided into two parts: 1) induction of the apoptosis (programmed cell death) of a host upon viral infection to block viral reproduction; and 2) the use of an apoptosis triggering gene, the persistency-associated gene 1 (pag1, now renamed as hem1 in light of the position thereof in the restriction map of the Hz-1 viral genome) to prevent the viral infection.
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