When a Nobel Prize brings a shower of hype: the roller coaster ride of RNAi

(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT)

When the Nobel Prizes are announced next week, the winning biomedical discovery is certain to be showered with a ton of hype. And that might be a problem. The path from a brilliant lab discovery to an actual medication is long and winding — and sometimes, high expectations can backfire. Continue reading article here…..

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