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Reduced size self-delivering RNAi compounds

US8796443B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation · US

Inventors

Anastasia Khvorova · Boulder, US
William Salomon · Worcester, US
Joanne Kamens · Newton, US
Dmitry Samarsky · Berlin, DE
Tod M. Woolf · Sudbury, US
James Cardia · Franklin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2009
Grant date	Aug 5, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2320/53
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to RNAi constructs with minimal double-stranded regions, and their use in gene silencing. RNAi constructs associated with the invention include a double stranded region of 8-14 nucleotides and a variety of chemical modifications, and are highly effective in gene silencing.

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