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Neil Aronin0
Phillip D. Zamore0
Date of Patent
May 24, 2011
0Patent Application Number
105717050
Date Filed
September 13, 2004
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Patent abstract
The present invention relates to the discovery of an effective treatment for a variety of gain-of-function diseases, in particular, Huntington's disease (HD). The present invention utilizes RNA Interference technology (RNAi) against polymorphic regions in the genes encoding various gain-of-function mutant proteins resulting in an effective treatment for the gain-of-function disease.
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