[extropy-chat] Turning Off Bad Genes

[Olga Bourlin]

"But if it works, RNAi could potentially yield a cornucopia of other drugs
designed to silence errant, disease-causing genes in the body, or disarm an
invading virus by knocking out its genes. A second company, Sirna
Therapeutics of Boulder, Colo., applied to the F.D.A. last week for
permission to begin a trial of its own drug for macular degeneration.":

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/14/business/14gene.html?hp

(I search for interesting stocks from time to time - and RNAI is a new one
to me ... will be on my watch list.)

Olga