Biotech firms are vying to harness the potential of RNA interference. But will its impact be in finding new disease targets, or in RNA-based drugs? Julie Clayton investigates.
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Clayton, J. The silent treatment. Nature 431, 599–601 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/431599a
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