Researchers are designing and testing antisense drugs as therapies for a variety of diseases, including cancer, AIDS, diabetes, and muscular dystrophy.  The drugs are also being tested to fight infection by deadly viruses such as Ebola.  Antisense drugs consist of short RNA strands complementary in sequence to mRNAs that form during the progression of a disease.  How do you think these drugs work?

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