DNA strands that silence overactive cancer messenger RNA

[tribdog]

short strands of DNA that bind to 4 varieties of messenger RNA specific to a certain cancer, then analyze if they are abnormally active if they are then a theraputic piece of DNA is released that binds to the cancer and suppreses it.
wow.
I just got the new Scientific American, it's more bio than I usually care for but got to admit that is pretty cool.

 

[Moonbear]

I'm not quite sure from what you've written, but was the article about siRNA, or short interferring RNA? It's all the rage right now. That's something I want to start playing with.

Who did the work? I don't subscribe to Sci Am, but can look up the original articles they are discussing. It must have been a great issue for biology. WasteofO2 was posting about some other stuff on viruses in the recent issue.