Patents Assigned to Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpment (CIRAD)
  • Interfering RNAs targeting the morbillivirus nucleoprotein gene
    Patent number: 8258287
    Abstract: The invention relates to interfering RNAs (siRNAs, shRNAs or pre-miRNAs) directed against conserved regions of the mRNA of the N gene encoding the morbillivirus nucleoprotein. The invention also relates to the use of said interfering RNAs for the production of medicaments for use in the treatment or prevention of a morbillivirus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpment (CIRAD)
    Inventors: Emmanuel Albina, Geneviève Libeau, Djénéba Keita, Renata Servan de Almeida