siRNA

Saba Abbasi Dezfouli1, Marcel E Michailides2, Hasan Uludag1,3

  • 1Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2V2, Canada.

Biochemistry
|October 10, 2024
PubMed
概括

小干扰RNA (siRNA) 通过降解引起疾病的mRNAs,为血液疾病提供了一个有前途的治疗策略. 目前正在进行的研究重点是优化siRNA输送,克服有效治疗血液病的障碍.

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