Don’t Believe The Rice
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
After reading a paper in Cell Research that showed a microRNA produced in rice could modulate gene expression in the livers of mice that consumed it, Bill Marshall, PhD, chief scientific officer of RNA-therapeutics company miRagen Therapeutics Inc., began drawing up a business plan around the technology.
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