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Treatment of melanoma using HSV mutant

US8067012B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 2010
Grant dateNov 29, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N2710/16632
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Use as an anti-cancer agent of a mutant herpes simplex virus wherein the mutant virus comprises a modification in the γ34.5 gene in the long repeat region (RL) such that the γ34.5 gene is a non-functional, manufacture of medicaments and methods of testing cancer in mammals employing HSV mutant.

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