Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of a gene from the ebola virus

US7973020B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US
• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Sina Bavari · Dillsburg, US
• Kelly Lyn Warfield · Adamstown, US
• Pamela Tan · Kulmbach, DE
• Anna Borodovsky · Cambridge, US
• Tatiana Novobrantseva · Cambridge, US
• Antonin de Fougerolles · Waterloo, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 5, 2011
• Expiry date: May 27, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2310/3531
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of a gene from the Ebola virus.