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Aktiv-Dry Awarded Research Grant to Explore Inhalable siRNA Dry Powder Targeting RSV

Published in Hospital Business Week, December 2nd, 2007

Aktiv-Dry LLC has been awarded an SBIR research grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to explore the formulation of certain siRNA products as inhalable dry powders that might eventually be used to treat pulmonary disorders such as RSV. Brian Quinn, Ph.D., from Aktiv-Dry, is the principal investigator.

As an intervention strategy for viral infection, new approaches for treating RSV include delivering to the respiratory system short interfering ribonucleic acid oligonucleotides (siRNAs), the molecules that induce RNA interference. Quinn will use Aktiv-Dry's proprietary supercritical carbon dioxide process, CAN-BD, to formulate an oligonucleotide...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2007-12-02)

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