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Cash round sets up trial of InteRNA’s microRNA for cancer

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InteRNA is focusing on the development of gene-silencing drugs based on microRNA, naturally occurring, non-coding strands of RNA that are thought to regulate gene expression in cells.

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Advances in Genetic Medicine May Be Outpacing Some Clinicians’ Understanding, But Pharmaceutical Marketers Can Do Much to Address the Problem

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For example, “gene silencing” is a less-than-ideal description for the mechanism of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics. Although this approach “silences” the output of genes (by disrupting messenger RNA [mRNA]), the lack of specificity suggests the possibility of direct action on genes in the nucleus.