New DNA and RNA aptamers offer unique therapeutic advantages

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 13:50 in Biology & Nature

New Rochelle, NY, August 5, 2009 -- A novel class of drugs composed of single strands of DNA or RNA, called aptamers, can bind protein targets with a high strength and specificity and are currently in clinical development as treatments for a broad range of common diseases, as described in a comprehensive review article published online ahead of print in Oligonucleotides, a peer-reviewed

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