id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-281254-x7ivjvti Chang, Zhijie Therapeutic and Prophylactic Potential of Small Interfering RNAs against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Progress to Date 2012-08-16 .txt text/plain 3803 256 56 The most promising newly developed technology for intervention in SARS may be RNA interference, an endogenous cellular process for the inhibition of gene expression mediated by sequence-specific double-stranded RNAs. Numerous studies have reported the therapeutic potential of RNA interference for the treatment of various human diseases ranging from cancers to infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis. Since SARS-CoV rep-To address the issue related to delivery of siRNAs into cells or lication also requires certain host proteins, genes from host cells living organisms, researchers have used several approaches, ininvolved in viral replication can also be selected as targets. Therefore, RNA interference this coronavirus family), siRNAs targeting different genes of can be a tool for down-regulation of gene expression in cultured SARS-CoV were used by various groups to inhibit virus gene cells as well as in living organisms. ./cache/cord-281254-x7ivjvti.txt ./txt/cord-281254-x7ivjvti.txt