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Structure-Guided Engineering of the Homodimeric Mango-IV Fluorescence Turn-on Aptamer Yields an RNA FRET Pair
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Aptamer-T Cell Targeted Therapy for Tumor Treatment Using Sugar Metabolism and Click Chemistry
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Glycine Enhances Satellite Cell Proliferation, Cell Transplantation, and Oligonucleotide Efficacy in Dystrophic Muscle
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A Mechanism for microRNA Arm Switching Regulated by Uridylation
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Base-pair conformational switch modulates miR-34a targeting of Sirt1 mRNA
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Development of an RNAi therapeutic for alpha-1-antitrypsin liver disease
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Selective Naked-Eye Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Mediated by N Gene Targeted Antisense Oligonucleotide Capped Plasmonic Nanoparticles
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Oligonucleotide Therapeutics: New Drugs That Could Stop COVID-19
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists around the world have joined together in applying their skills and technologies to fight this global threat. Some of the most promising technologies to fight the coronavirus are based on a new type of drug called oligonucleotide ...
