The RNA interference system that cells naturally possess likely evolved millions of years ago, as organisms survived the onslaught of dangerous invading viruses. So it makes sense that researchers ...

RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics silence genes, disrupting the production of proteins that contribute to disease. Scientists at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals have developed and are testing multiple RNAi ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. 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 ...

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, or CRISPRs, were first identified in prokaryotic genomes almost 10 years ago. Each element ... this prokaryotic RNAi system was proposed ...

The delivery dilemma The development of Alnylam’s RNAi operating system, and the first few drugs based on it, was not an easy process, however. Just over a decade ago, many large pharmaceutical ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atalanta Therapeutics, a biotechnology company pioneering RNA interference (RNAi) for the treatment of neurological diseases, today announced the completion of a $97 ...