siRNA

I gave a presentation on a paper for one of my classes today. It was a really cool piece that used siRNAs to treat Herpes Simplex Virus 2. For those who don't know, siRNA is the prizing winning discovery for this year's Nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology. Anyhow, I thought I had 15 minutes, but as it turned out, everyone before me took longer than usual. So I had 10 minutes to give this presentation. I did it in 9.

Side note: Merck bought Sirna for $1.1 Billion. Its stock doubled. Note to self: must make use of all the paper reading for investment in Biotech firms.