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RNA interference in adult mice

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RNA interference is an evolutionarily conserved surveillance mechanism that responds to double-stranded RNA by sequence-specific silencing of homologous genes. Here we show that transgene expression can be suppressed in adult mice by synthetic small interfering RNAs and by small-hairpin RNAs transcribed in vivo from DNA templates. We also show the therapeutic potential of this technique by demonstrating effective targeting of a sequence from hepatitis C virus by RNA interference in vivo.

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McCaffrey, A., Meuse, L., Pham, TT. et al. RNA interference in adult mice. Nature 418, 38–39 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/418038a

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