Paul H. Johnson has written:

'RNA interference' -- subject(s): Drug development, RNA, RNA Interference, Drug Discovery, Small interfering RNA

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The RNA interferences treatments for AIDS, hepatitis and cancer have once thing in common as all tend to boost our immune system.

RNA carries out several important roles. There are 3 main types of RNA, messenger RNA (mRNA), ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and transfer RNA (tRNA).

mRNA carries a copy of the instructions for creating proteins from the DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes for translation.

rRNA makes up part of the ribosomes.

tRNA carries amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) to the ribosomes

siRNA refers to a small interfering RNA or sometimes known as short interfering RNA or silencing RNA. It a class of double-stranded RNA molecules, 20-25 nucleotides in length, that play a variety of roles in biology. The most notable role of siRNA is its involvement in the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway, where it interferes with the expression of a specific gene.whereas Antisense RNA is a single-stranded RNA that is complementary to a messenger RNA (mRNA) strand transcribed within a cell.