RNA – The Future of Medicine
July 2024
The genetic disorder discussed in this video was considered incurable and fatal for a long time. Particularly affected were children, whose muscles atrophied as the disease progressed. But scientist came up with a revolutionary therapy: A synthetic RNA molecule helps children to regain control over their muscles.
Oliver Mühlemann
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Oliver Mühlemann is Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Bern. He and his team research on the molecular mechanisms of post-transcriptional gene regulation with a focus on the biological and medical implications of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD).
“RNA – The Future of Medicine” by University of Bern (Authors: Oliver Mühlemann, Jonathan Stauffer, Lydia Rufer, Janis Schertenleib, Veronika Herzog, Dominik Theler, Norbert Polacek) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC BY License.