Lentiviral vectors: basic to translational

T Sakuma, MA Barry, Y Ikeda - Biochemical Journal, 2012 - portlandpress.com
More than two decades have passed since genetically modified HIV was used for gene
delivery. Through continuous improvements these early marker gene-carrying HIVs have …

RNAi-based nanomedicines for targeted personalized therapy

A Daka, D Peer - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) has just made it through the pipeline to clinical trials. However, in
order for RNAi to serve as an ideal personalized therapeutics and be clinically approved …

[HTML][HTML] The loop position of shRNAs and pre-miRNAs is critical for the accuracy of dicer processing in vivo

S Gu, L Jin, Y Zhang, Y Huang, F Zhang, PN Valdmanis… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-induced RNAi is used for biological discovery and therapeutics.
Dicer, whose normal role is to liberate endogenous miRNAs from their precursors …

Methods and compositions for enhancing the efficacy and specificity of RNAi

PD Zamore, G Hutvagner, D Schwarz… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
The present invention provides methods of enhancing the e? icacy and speci? city of RNAi.
The invention also provides compositions for mediating RNAi. In particular, the invention …

Functional parameters of Dicer-independent microRNA biogenesis

JS Yang, T Maurin, EC Lai - Rna, 2012 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Until recently, a Dicer-class RNase III enzyme was believed to be essential for microRNA
(miRNA) biogenesis in all animals. The conserved vertebrate locus mir-451 defies this …

Immunoliposomes

E Paszko, MO Senge - Current medicinal chemistry, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Since their discovery by Bangham about 50 years ago, liposomes have become promising
tools in drug delivery systems. This has increased the therapeutic index of many drugs, and …

RNA-interference by single-stranded RNA molecules

T Tuschl, J Martinez, A Patkaniowska, H Urlaub… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
US8101348B2 - RNA-interference by single-stranded RNA molecules - Google Patents
US8101348B2 - RNA-interference by single-stranded RNA molecules - Google Patents …

Method for making a 21 nucleotide double stranded RNA chemically linked at one end

R Kreutzer, S Limmer - US Patent 8,168,776, 2012 - Google Patents
US8168776B2 - Method for making a 21 nucleotide double stranded RNA chemically linked
at one end - Google Patents US8168776B2 - Method for making a 21 nucleotide double …

[HTML][HTML] Distributed computation: the new wave of synthetic biology devices

J Macía, F Posas, RV Solé - Trends in biotechnology, 2012 - cell.com
Synthetic biology (SB) offers a unique opportunity for designing complex molecular circuits
able to perform predefined functions. But the goal of achieving a flexible toolbox of reusable …

Method and medicament for inhibiting the expression of a given gene

R Kreutzer, S Limmer - US Patent 8,101,584, 2012 - Google Patents
US8101584B2 - Method and medicament for inhibiting the expression of a given gene -
Google Patents US8101584B2 - Method and medicament for inhibiting the expression of a …