Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Scientists and Collaborators Publish Research in Nature Chemical Biology on a Novel Mechanism for Regulation of Gene Expression with Anti-Gene RNAs (agRNAs)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that it has published a new paper in the journal Nature Chemical Biology with collaborators at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern). These data demonstrate a novel mechanism whereby gene expression can be selectively regulated by anti-gene RNAs (agRNAs), double-stranded RNAs that target non-coding RNA sequences.