Scientists create new approach to destroy disease-associated RNAs in cells
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 16:31
in Biology & Nature
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a new approach to alter the function of RNA in living cells by designing molecules that recognize and disable RNA targets. As a proof of principle, in the new study the team designed a molecule that disabled the RNA causing myotonic dystrophy.