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Environmental Toxins
Government group to develop new RNAi library to help fight disease
December 12th, 2004
The U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is undertaking a $3 million, 3-year effort to see how specific genes might contribute to environmentally related disease. NIEHS will develop a new RNAi library to help fight disease through its National Center for Toxicogenomics. RNAi, or RNA interference, is a new technology that silences specific genes. RNAi technology "turns off" specific genes so scientists can learn more about how the genes influence the cell. Knowing how a gene responds to a stress allows scientists to gain a more comprehensive understanding of how chemicals and toxins can undermine our health. ...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2004-12-12)
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