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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2011
Dinah Wen-yee Sah, Boston, MA (US);
Philipp Hadwiger, Altenkunstadt, DE;
Ingo Roehl, Memmelsdorf, DE;
Birgit Bramlage, Kulmbach, DE;
Pamela Tan, Kulmbach, DE;
Hans-peter Vornlocher, Bayreuth, DE;
David Bumcrot, Belmont, MA (US);
Dinah Wen-Yee Sah, Boston, MA (US);
Philipp Hadwiger, Altenkunstadt, DE;
Ingo Roehl, Memmelsdorf, DE;
Birgit Bramlage, Kulmbach, DE;
Pamela Tan, Kulmbach, DE;
Hans-Peter Vornlocher, Bayreuth, DE;
David Bumcrot, Belmont, MA (US);
Alynylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the Huntingtin gene (HD gene), comprising an antisense strand having a nucleotide sequence which is less than 25 nucleotides in length and which is substantially complementary to at least a part of the HD gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; methods for treating diseases caused by the expression of the HD gene, or a mutant form thereof, using the pharmaceutical composition; and methods for inhibiting the expression of the huntingtin gene in a cell.