RNA interference
noun
: a posttranscriptional genetic mechanism of eukaryotes that suppresses gene expression and in which double-stranded RNA cleaved into small fragments initiates the degradation of a complementary messenger RNA sequence
also
: a technique (such as the introduction of double-stranded RNA into an organism) that artificially induces RNA interference and is used for studying or regulating gene expression
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This investigational RNA interference therapeutic agent inhibits the production of the protein that causes hypertension, or high blood pressure.
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Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2023
Like five other medicines developed by Alnylam and approved by the Food and Drug Administration since 2018, its hypertension drug relies on RNA interference, or RNAi, to fight disease.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
Since 2018, Alnylam has persuaded the Food and Drug Administration to approve five drugs that rely on RNA interference, a Nobel Prize-winning approach to mute disease-causing genes.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
Dicerna was developing medicines that rely on RNA interference, a Nobel Prize-winning technology that turns off disease-causing genes.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022
Alnylam is a pioneer in a drug technology called RNA interference, or RNAi, that silences genes that play a role in disease.
—Joseph Walker, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
The story of Alnylam and RNA interference has been pretty well told under your watch.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 10 Nov. 2021
The discovery of this process—called RNA interference (RNAi)—earned two scientists the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
—(old) Matt Reynolds, Wired, 8 Nov. 2021
In agricultural biotechnology and in some animal health areas, my company TechAccel is using a similar approach through RNA interference (RNAi) to create safe and insect specific biopesticides, vaccines for diseases in animal health, and other applications.
—Michael Helmstetter, Forbes, 6 July 2021
Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2023
Like five other medicines developed by Alnylam and approved by the Food and Drug Administration since 2018, its hypertension drug relies on RNA interference, or RNAi, to fight disease.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
Since 2018, Alnylam has persuaded the Food and Drug Administration to approve five drugs that rely on RNA interference, a Nobel Prize-winning approach to mute disease-causing genes.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
Dicerna was developing medicines that rely on RNA interference, a Nobel Prize-winning technology that turns off disease-causing genes.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022
Alnylam is a pioneer in a drug technology called RNA interference, or RNAi, that silences genes that play a role in disease.
—Joseph Walker, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
The story of Alnylam and RNA interference has been pretty well told under your watch.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 10 Nov. 2021
The discovery of this process—called RNA interference (RNAi)—earned two scientists the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
—(old) Matt Reynolds, Wired, 8 Nov. 2021
In agricultural biotechnology and in some animal health areas, my company TechAccel is using a similar approach through RNA interference (RNAi) to create safe and insect specific biopesticides, vaccines for diseases in animal health, and other applications.
—Michael Helmstetter, Forbes, 6 July 2021
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