This is a very brief article; there's a great deal of research to be done , but it shows promise.
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/60/67203.htm?printing=true "...It's called RNA interference or RNAi. Discovered only last year, it's an amazing tool. If you know the DNA code for any gene, you can use RNAi to switch that gene off. At least it works that way in the test tube. Now a team of U.S. and Chinese researchers show that it works in live animals, too. Led by Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD, of Harvard University, the scientists have used a small RNAi molecule -- small interfering RNA or siRNA -- to protect mice from liver failure due to hepatitis. They report their findings in the March issue of Nature Medicine. The technique, they write, "may be of therapeutic value for preventing and treating acute and chronic liver injury induced by viral and autoimmune hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, acute and chronic liver failure, and rejection of liver transplants..." GSV Advance __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
