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RNA Interference is in its Infancy, But Promises to Generate Innumerable Blockbuster Drugs in Coming Decades
Introduction This is the third of five reports that are intended to give a layman’s overview, first of two technologies that created the biotechnology industry-recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies- and three that will importantly shape its future- RNA interference, gene therapy and stem cell therapy. Recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies gave rise to some spectacular […]
Monoclonal Antibodies: The Driving Force Behind Today’s Biopharma Industry
Introduction This is the second of five reports that are intended to give a layman’s overview, first of two technologies that created the biotechnology industry-recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibodies- and three that will importantly shape its future- RNA interference, gene therapy and stem cell therapy. In my last report, I wrote that recombinant DNA technology […]