In a study reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers describe how a synthetic drug, called antisense oligonucleotide, reduced the production and in some cases cleared clumps of tau in the brain.
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Antisense
//ˌæntaɪˈsɛns//
Synonyms for "antisense" (2 found)
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6 translations across 5 languages.
French
1 entries- antisens noun (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand)
Italian
1 entries- antisenso noun (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand)
Korean
1 entries- 안티센스 noun (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand)
Portuguese
2 entries- anti-sentido noun (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand)
- sentido negativo noun (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand)
Spanish
1 entries- antisentido noun (nucleic acid complementary to a coding strand)
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Other types of antisense oligonucleotides have been approved by U.S. regulators and are being used to treat the neurodegenerative disease muscular dystrophy and spinal muscular atrophy. The compound is in clinical trials for Huntington’s disease and ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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