The discovery of RNAi dates back to the 1990s when researchers observed unexpected gene silencing in plants and fungi. In 1998, Andrew Fire and Craig Mello published a groundbreaking study ...

RNA interference (RNAi) offers a fast and easy system to study gene functions. However, the traditionally used small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) can exhibit pronounced and problematic off-target effects ...

The natural RNAi mechanism can be directed by either short interfering RNA (siRNA) or microRNA (miRNA). 1 There are four key steps in the RNAi pathway. When miRNA acts as the guide for RNAi, only a ...

RNA interference (RNAi) offers a promising approach for AML patients with FLT3-ITD mutations, addressing challenges like drug resistance and high relapse rates. Lipopolymers have demonstrated efficacy ...

According to terms announced Thursday, Novo Nordisk will pay $38.25 cash for each share of Lexington, Massachusetts-based Dicerna. That price is an 80% premium to Dicerna’s closing stock price on ...

Enticed by the immense market opened by GLP-1 weight loss drugs Wegovy and Zepbound, a handful of biotech companies are trying to develop next-generation, longer-lasting therapies based on a very ...

Using RNA to interfere with a gene’s expression of disease-causing proteins is a validated therapeutic approach, but so far, the products in this drug class only address liver proteins. Reducing ...

An RNA interference therapy, targeting ANGPTL3 in the liver, drastically reduced fasting triglycerides in people with mixed hyperlipidemia, the ARCHES-2 trial showed. Used atop usual statins and other ...

World RNAi Market 2010Contract service = outsourced research/target validation projects Total = Projected worldwide RNAi revenues for 2010, in US dollars Source: Frost & SullivanScientists hunger for ...

Medical scientists have great power in their laboratories, and perhaps nowhere more so than with a technique known as RNA interference. By harnessing the potential of short bits of RNA inside cells, ...

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals’ phase 1/2a study has found the company’s investigational RNA interference (RNAi) candidate was generally well tolerated among 14 patients with kidney disease. The “select” ...