30 Jul 2021

2 Aug talk by Prof Merlin Thomas, "More than the messenger: The disruptive technology of RNA therapeutics"

More than the messenger: The disruptive technology of RNA therapeutics

RNA therapeutics are a disruptive technology with the potential to actualize personalized medicine. Most RNA does not encode sequences for protein synthesis (mRNA; e.g. for vaccines). These other functions can be harnessed to selectively modulate protein expression by silencing, binding as aptamers and altering mRNA splicing. As an example, we are developing an oligonucleotide that modulates the alternate splicing of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products (RAGE), a key therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease.


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