Nordic Life Science 1
OLIGOS – THE MEDICINES OF THE FUTURE? What if we
could silence certain genes to treat a wide range of medical conditions, from genetic conditions to infectious diseases, and even cancer? It may sound like science fiction, but for some rare diseases it’s already a reality through the use of oligonucleotide therapeutics, sometimes referred to as the medicines of the future. T E X T B Y SHALINI ANDERSSON HOT TOPIC // PERSPECTIVE