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Approval of first ‘RNA interference’ drug – why the excitement?

  • Written by Thomas Schmittgen, Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Florida
Single strands of ribonucleic acid (RNA) are now being used to treat disease.By nobeastsofierce / shutterstock.com

Small interfering RNA sounds like something from a science fiction novel rather than a revolutionary type of medicine. But this odd-sounding new drug offers a novel strategy for treating disease by targeting the root cause rather than...

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