RNAI Medicine

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Welcome to RNAi Medicine. RNA interference (RNAi) is a system within living cells that helps to control which genes are active and how active they are. Two types of small RNA molecules – microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA) – are central to RNA interference. RNAs are the direct products of genes, and these small RNAs can bind to specific other RNAs and either increase or decrease their activity, for example by preventing a messenger RNA from producing a protein. RNA interference has an important role in defending cells against parasitic genes, as well as gene expression in general. Therein lies the medical promise of RNAI Medicine.

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Among the first applications via RNAi to reach clinical trials are the treatment of macular degeneration and a particular respiratory syncytial virus. RNA interference is also often seen as a promising way to treat cancer by silencing genes differentially upregulated in tumor cells or genes involved in cell division.

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