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Nature 425, 10-12 (4 September 2003) | doi:10.1038/425010a

Gene regulation: RNA to the rescue?

Erika Check1

  1. Erika Check is Nature's Washington biomedical correspondent.
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Disease therapies based on a technique for gene silencing called RNA interference are racing towards the clinic. Erika Check investigates molecular medicine's next big thing.

Medicine's molecular revolution is overdue. By now, enthusiasts led us to believe, gene therapy and related treatments should have transformed clinical practice.