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Silencing prostate cancer

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Systemic delivery of an siRNA–aptamer chimera leads to prostate cancer regression in mice.

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Figure 1: Strategies for systemic delivery of siRNA.

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A.D.F. and I.T. are employees of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, a company engaged in the development of RNAi therapeutics.

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