Promising Technologies, Part 3

June 1, 2005 -- In Part 3 of a 4-part series on Promising Technologies for Biotech, we look at Gene Silencing. Like gene therapy, gene silencing is a simple concept that is hard to do. But gene silencing is the exact opposite of gene therapy: it seeks to remove, not add, a gene or its protein. We look at its history, its different techniques, and where gene silencing is most likely to provide a therapeutic benefit...