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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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those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivo gene therapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies. This relinquishes many of the perceived benefits of RNAi therapies that distinguish them from gene therapy (e.g.,

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World RNA Day: What impact RNA it had on drug discovery?  

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As per a definition provided by AstraZeneca: “Once inside, ASOs bind with high specificity to target mRNA or pre-mRNA, inducing its degradation – effectively silencing it – to prevent its translation into a detrimental protein product. AstraZeneca’s non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (or ‘NASH’) study is a prime example of the value of ASOs 2.

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