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Oligonucleotide therapeutics

Oligonucleotide therapeutics are short synthetic strands of genetic code that silence a specific cancer gene.

Antisense and siRNA drugs are established outside oncology; in cancer, delivery to tumours is the barrier. Antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates and LNP delivery are in early trials; targets include KRAS, STAT3, and MYC.

Schematic · not to scale
Target mRNA · Antisense / siRNA pairs · Cleavage, no protein

How it works

Base-pairing to mRNA induces RNase H cleavage or RISC-mediated degradation.

Strengths
  • Any gene is in principle targetable
Limitations
  • Delivery beyond liver

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Literature trend2,655 papers in the last 12 months+1% vs prior 12How this is computed
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Query for this technology: (TITLE:"antisense oligonucleotide" OR ABSTRACT:"antisense oligonucleotide" OR TITLE:"siRNA" OR ABSTRACT:"siRNA") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about Oligonucleotide therapeutics, not a curated reading list.

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