Adenoviral vectors encoding a cytokine and a conditionally lethal gene
US6531307B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2840/20
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides recombinant viral vectors carrying a vector construct which directs the expression of a gene product (eg. HSVTK) that activates a compound with little or no cytotoxicity into a toxic product. Also provided are methods of destroying or inhibiting pathogenic agents in a warm blooded animal, comprising the step of administering to the animal a viral vector such as that described above, in order to inhibit or destroy the pathogenic agent.
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