Anti-HIV Group I Introns and Uses Thereof in Treating HIV Infections

Described is a unique class of antiviral molecule that can be applied to control and eliminate HIV infection in patients using myeloablation therapies and replenishment with transformed bone marrow stem cells programmed to express the antiviral molecule. These anti-viral molecules target the HIV gen...

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1. Verfasser:	FRASER, JR. MALCOLM JAMES
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS THEREOF CULTURE MEDIA DERIVATIVES THEREOF ENZYMOLOGY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING NUCLEIC ACIDS NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS SPIRITS SUGARS VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	Described is a unique class of antiviral molecule that can be applied to control and eliminate HIV infection in patients using myeloablation therapies and replenishment with transformed bone marrow stem cells programmed to express the antiviral molecule. These anti-viral molecules target the HIV genome in a highly conserved domain, and when expressed in cells prior to infection will cause the cell to die upon infection with HIV. Cell death insures no proliferation of new virus. Reconstituting the immune system with cells expressing these antivirals prevents re-establishment of HIV infection from reservoirs in the re-established lymphocyte and macrophage populations. Over time, reservoirs will be depleted entirely, effectively eliminating the virus. In effect, this new type of antiviral can be used to cure HIV infections.