microRNA a macro Revolution in Medical Biotechnologies

Abstract

Over the past decade RNA interference mechanism has emerged as a natural pathway for 
silencing gene expression. Starting with the field of plant biotechnology in early 90s, our knowledge 
about RNAi proved presently its enormous potential for engineering the control of gene expression, 
as well as for its use as a tool in functional genomics. The predominantly practical significance of 
RNAi is conferred by its application as a therapeutic mechanism. RNAi may yield RNA based drugs 
to treat human diseases and it proved to be efficient in control of some parasites interaction with 
their host genome.
This article is based on a review of the literature referring to RNA from the PubMed database.