Nucleic acid therapeutics are based on nucleic ... where specific inhibition of the function of a particular gene involved in disease is thought to be therapeutically desirable.

A nucleic acid is a long molecule made up of smaller molecules called nucleotides. Nucleic acids were discovered in 1868, when twenty-four-year-old Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher isolated a ...

Transfer RNA (tRNA) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) are involved in the translation of mRNA into proteins ... Gene therapy holds promise for treating genetic disorders, cancer, and other diseases. Nucleic ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A researcher in Purdue University’s College of Science is developing a patent-pending platform technology that mimics the dual-layer structure of viruses to deliver nucleic acid ...