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antisense therapy

antisense therapy noun: a treatment approach that uses synthetic short strands of DNA or RNA known as antisense oligonucleotides to specifically bind to the messenger RNA (mRNA) produced by a target gene.

Noun

antisense therapy (countable and uncountable, plural antisense therapies)

  1. A treatment approach that uses synthetic short strands of DNA or RNA known as antisense oligonucleotides to specifically bind to the messenger RNA (mRNA) produced by a target gene.

Forms of antisense therapy

pluralantisense therapies

Questions about antisense therapy

What does antisense therapy mean?
Antisense therapy means a treatment approach that uses synthetic short strands of DNA or RNA known as antisense oligonucleotides to specifically bind to the messenger RNA (mRNA) produced by a target gene.
What part of speech is antisense therapy?
Antisense therapy is a noun.
What is the plural of antisense therapy?
The plural of antisense therapy is antisense therapies.

Words near antisense therapy in the dictionary

  1. antisensationalism
  2. antisense
  3. antisense oligonucleotide
  4. antisense oligonucleotides
  5. antisense therapies
  6. antisense therapy
  7. antisenses
  8. antisensing
  9. antisensual
  10. antisensuous
  11. antisensuousness

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