USE OF DOUBLE-STRANDED RIBONUCLEIC ACID FOR INDUCING CELL LYSIS

摘要

The present invention is related to the use of a ribonucleic acid for the manufacture of a medicament, whereby the ribonucleic acid comprises a double-stranded structure and the double-stranded structure comprises a first and a second strand, whereby the first strand comprises a first stretch of contiguous nucleotides and the second strand comprises a second stretch of contiguous nucleotides, whereby the first stretch is not complementary to a nucleic acid, preferably a mRNA, of a cell of an organism to be treated with said medicament and/or whereby the second stretch is different from a nucleic acid, preferably a mRNA of a cell of an organism to be treated with said medicament.