(CNN)Mourners held a heavenly birthday memorial Sunday for Victoria Martens, the 10-year-old New Mexico girl who Albuquerque police say was raped by her mother's boyfriend and then killed while her mother watched.
RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural process that cells use to 'turn off' or silence unwanted or harmful genes. The initial discovery of this phenomenon was in 1991, by scientists trying to deepen the colour of petunias. Surprisingly, by introducing a gene for colour, they found that they had turned off the gene.
This page provides a key reading list on RNA interference, RNA mediated biological control of crop pests, and related biosafety issues. Further articles on RNA interference in the GMO Pundit main blog can be found via the RNAi miRNA dsRNA indexing label.Some key individual posts --including a discussion of hybrid vigour-- are accessible as links at the end of this page.ew biotechnology-derived crop traits have been developed utilizing the natural process of RNA interference (RNAi). However, plant-produced double stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) are not known to present a hazard to mammals because numerous biological barriers limit uptake and potential for activity.