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Circular RNA For Translation In Eukaryotic Cells

Application US20260078400A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Inventors

Daniel G. Anderson, Robert Alexander Wesselhoeft, Piotr S. Kowalski

Abstract

Circular RNA and methods and constructs for engineering circular RNA are disclosed. In some embodiments, the circular RNA includes the following elements arranged in the following sequence: a) a 3′ Group I self-splicing intron fragment, b) an internal ribosome entry site (IRES), c) a protein coding region or noncoding region, and d) a 5′ Group I self-splicing intron fragment.

CPC Classifications

C12N 15/85 C07K 16/2803 C12N 15/11 C07K 2317/31 C12N 2015/8518 C12N 2015/859 C12N 2800/107 C12N 2800/202 C12N 2800/70 C12N 2840/203 C12N 2840/55 C12N 2840/60 C12N 2999/007

Filing Date

2025-09-12

Application No.

19327522