OligonucleotideTherapeutics:4thAnnualMeeting

Oligonucleotidesmodulategene-specificexpressionwithincellsandcanbeusedtoidentifygenesinvolvedindiseases.Continuingdevelopmentsinoligonucleotideresearchhavebeguntounleashtheirpotentialastherapeuticagents.Contributionsfrombasicresearchersinmolecularbiology,cellbiology,nucleicacidchemistry,pharmacology,andappliedtherapeuticspresentnewtechnologiesinthefieldofoligonucleotideresearchandareorganizedintosectionsfocusingonsmallRNA-mediatedgenesilencing,miRNA,oligonucleotidechemistryandnewtechnologies,deliverystrategies,immunorecognitionofnucleicacids,drugandtherapeuticdevelopment,aptamersandotherevolvedsystems,andpreclinicalmodelsandclinicalprograms.NOTE:Annalsvolumesareavailableforsaleasindividualbooksorasajournal.Forinformationoninstitutionaljournalsubscriptions,pleasevisitwww.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMYMEMBERS:PleasecontacttheNewYorkAcademyofSciencesdirectlytoplaceyourorder(www.nyas.org).MembersoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciencereceivefull-textaccesstotheAnnalsonlineanddiscountsonprintvolumes.Pleasevisithttp://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspxformoreinformationaboutbecomingamember.