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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Martuza, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Samuel D Rabkin, Bethesda, MD (US);
Toshihiro Mineta, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 932 ;
Abstract
A method for killing malignant brain tumor cells in vivo entails providing replication competent herpes simplex virus vectors to tumor cells. A replication competent herpes simplex virus vector, with defective expression of the .gamma.34.5 gene and the ribonucleotide reductase gene, specifically destroys tumor cells, is hypersensitive to anti-viral agents, and yet is not neurovirulent.