A UK professor calls into question drugs using RNA silencing techniques

Study Is Setback for Some RNA-Based Drugs

From at UK press release:

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 2, 2008) − A recent study published in Nature by University of Kentucky physician and researcher, Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, is featured in today's edition of the New York Times.

Ambati's research challenges some long held beliefs about RNA interference, or gene silencing, based on a 1998 discovery that won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2006. Ambati's critical discovery, though not without controversy, is quickly gaining national and international attention for its dramatic new findings.

To view the video of Dr. Ambati explaining the discovery, visit here.

To hear Dr. Ambati discuss this work, visit Nature Podcast.

Go online for more information on Dr. Ambati's lab.