Top recent press releases RR Donnelley Financial offers two new resource websites for the legal community. Antisense drugs work at the genetic level to interrupt the process by which disease-causing proteins are produced.
Proteins play a central role in virtually every aspect of human metabolism.
Almost all human diseases are the result of inappropriate protein production, particularly cancer and infectious diseases. Traditional drugs are designed to interact with protein molecules throughout the body that support or cause diseases. Antisense drugs are designed to inhibit the production of disease-causing proteins. They have the potential to be more selective and, as a result, more effective and less toxic than traditional drugs. Oral dosing The oral dosing trial is the first of several studies that will be conducted over the next 12 months.