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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Bloomington, IN (US);
University of Notre Dame Du Lac, South Bend, IN (US);
Molly Duman Scheel, Granger, IN (US);
David W. Severson, Cassopolis, MI (US);
Kathleen Eggleson, South Bend, IN (US);
Na Wei, South Bend, IN (US);
Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation, Bloomington, IN (US);
University of Notre Dame du Lac, South Bend, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel class of insecticides for control of disease vector insects, particularly mosquitoes. These insecticides prevent maturation or development of larvae into adult insects using interfering RNA (iRNA). The present invention further includes compositions comprising iRNA and methods of controlling, reducing, or treating an insect infestation with the iRNA or compositions described herein.