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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Zuoshang Xu, North Grafton, MA (US);
Xugang Xia, Westborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Zuoshang Xu, North Grafton, MA (US);
Xugang Xia, Westborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/70 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel methods for treating dominant gain-of-function diseases. The invention provides methods for targeting regions of the copper zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1), which causes inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with RNAi agent. The invention further provides RNAi resistant replacement genes containing mismatches with their respective RNAi agent s. The invention also provides for vectors that express RNAi agent and RNAi resistant replacement gene of the present invention.