oligonucleotide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of oligonucleotide
First recorded in 1940–45; oligo- + nucleotide
Example Sentences
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Through the acquisition, Novartis is also gaining access to a new class of RNA therapeutics, called antibody oligonucleotide conjugate, with a platform that enables delivering RNA therapy to muscle, UBS says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Similarly, a different antisense oligonucleotide linked to BCC10 greatly reduced another gene, Mapt, which encodes the tau protein and is a target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
The announcement came a week after drugmakers Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals said they are terminating development of BIIB105, an antisense oligonucleotide for ALS that showed disappointing results in an early-stage clinical study.
From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024
Another genetic approach that is a bit gray around the categorical edges is known as oligonucleotide therapy.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2021
It’s tempting to think that such debates won’t matter if treatments such as the antisense oligonucleotide in clinical testing can simply turn off huntingtin expression altogether.
From Nature ● May 29, 2018
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