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Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of an RNA from west nile virus

US9200282B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US

Inventors

Dinah Wen-Yee Sah · Boston, US
Qingmin Chen · Wuxi, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2013
Grant date	Dec 1, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2310/14
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), and its use in mediating RNA interference to inhibit the expression of an RNA from the West Nile virus (WNV), and the use of the dsRNA to treat pathological processes mediated by WNV infection, such as viral encephalitis.

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