Previous Claims Of SiRNA Therapeutic Effects Called Into Question By Report In Human Gene Therapy

Thursday, September 4, 2008 - 21:28 in Biology & Nature

The many recent reports documenting the therapeutic efficacy of short interfering RNAs in animal models of human disease may actually be describing non-specific therapeutic effects related to the ability of siRNA to activate an immune response, according to a paper in Human Gene Therapy.

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