PRIMARY MICRO RNA EXPRESSION CASSETTE

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12627940

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This invention relates to inhibition of hepatitis gene expression. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of using RNA sequences to inhibit Hepatitis B and C Virus replication. Expression cassettes that include DNA sequences derived from endogenous micro RNAs (miRs) are used in the method and are transcribed by Pol II promoters, and then processed to generate sequences that are specific to target hepatitis virus sequences (RNAi effecter sequences). The RNAi effecter sequences can target the selected hepatitis virus sequences resulting in gene silencing or transcriptional inhibition of the hepatitis virus gene. The expression cassettes may be delivered in vitro or in vivo to host cells. A pharmaceutical composition containing the expression cassettes is also claimed.

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UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND1 JAN SMUTS AVENUE JOHANNESBURG 2050

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arbuthnot, Patrick Kensington, ZA 5 26
Ely, Abdullah Bezuidenhouts Valley, ZA 2 10
Longshaw, Victoria Mary Cape Town, ZA 1 8
Naidoo, Tanusha Ferndale, ZA 1 8
Weinberg, Marc Saul Midrand, ZA 6 9

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