The promises and pitfalls of RNA-interference-based therapeutics.

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Published in Nature on January 22, 2009

Authors

Daniela Castanotto1, John J Rossi

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1: Department of Molecular Biology and City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010, USA.

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