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US 5,683,692 AGranted
Use of RIPonucleases for treating parasitic and viral diseases
AssigneeThomas Jefferson University
InventorsTheodore Taraschi, Emmanuelle Nicolas
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Abstract
A method of treating viral and protozoal infections using RIPonucleases is provided.
Claims2
A method of treating a viral or protozoal infection in an animal wherein extrachromosomal viral or protozoal DNA or RNA is present in infected cells of the animal comprising administering an mount of a selected RIPonuclease to the animal effective to damage the extrachromosomal DNA or RNA and kill the virus or protozoan causing the infection wherein the selected RIPonuclease is heat inactivated to remove the ribosome inactivating property of the RIPonuclease.
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