IP Library Granted Patent US 7,494,982
Granted Patent B2
US 7,494,982 · App. 10/938,184 · Granted Feb 24, 2009

Modified oligonucleotides for telomerase inhibition

Assignee: Geron Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,494,982
App. No.
10/938,184
Granted
Feb 24, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Compounds comprising an oligonucleotide moiety covalently linked to a lipid moiety are disclosed. The oligonucleotide moiety comprises a sequence that is complementary to the RNA component of human telomerase. The compounds inhibit telomerase activity in cells with a high potency and have superior cellular uptake characteristics.

Claims (4)

1. A compound having the structure:

wherein “nps” represents a thiophosphoramidate linkage —NH—P(═O)(SH)—O—, connecting the 3'-carbon of one nucleoside to the 5'-carbon of the adjacent nucleoside;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

2. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to claim 1 formulated in a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

Assignments (2)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 12, 2024
From: GERON CORPORATION
To: BIOPHARMA CREDIT PLC [COLLATERAL AGENT]
Reel/Frame 069341/0832 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2004
From: GRYAZNOV, SERGEI; PONGRACZ, KRISZTINA
To: GERON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015787/0660 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6050150900 · Sep 9, 2003
Related Publication 20050113325A1 · May 26, 2005