CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alnylam Biotherapeutics, a division of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today the presentation of new data at the Cell Culture Engineering XII conference held in Alberta, Canada from April 25 – 30, 2010. Alnylam Biotherapeutics was formed by Alnylam to develop RNAi technologies for application in manufacturing processes for biotherapeutic products, including recombinant proteins and monoclonal antibodies. The new data presented demonstrated the ability to achieve efficient delivery of siRNAs into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells grown in one liter suspension culture and to achieve potent silencing of CHO host gene targets involved in both cellular apoptotic and metabolic pathways.
