Antisense therapy is a form of treatment for genetic disorders or infections. When the genetic sequence of a particular gene is known to be causative of a particular disease, it is possible to synthesize a strand of nucleic acid (DNA, RNA or a chemical analogue) that will bind to the messenger RNA (mRNA) produced by that gene and inactivate it, ef...
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Treatment with antisense oligonucleotides. These are small pieces of DNA or RNA that can bind to specific molecules of RNA. This blocks the cell
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Use of antisense DNA for the inhibition of translation of a specific gene product for therapeutic purposes. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. use of antisense DNA for the inhibition of transcription or translation of a specific gene or gene product for therapeutic purposes.
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