Dicerna

Welcome to Dicerna

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals is a private, venture-backed biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutic agents in multiple therapeutic areas based on its proprietary Dicer Substrate Technology™, which triggers RNA interference (RNAi) in a potent and specific manner.

The technology upon which Dicerna is based was discovered by Dicerna co-founders John Rossi, Ph.D., a Professor in the Division of Molecular Biology and Dean, Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope's Beckman Research Institute in Duarte, California, and Mark Behlke, M.D., Ph.D., at Integrated DNA Technologies in Coralville, Iowa.

Dicerna has raised a total of $21.4 million in venture capital led by Oxford Bioscience Partners, Skyline Ventures and Abingworth. Dicerna is led by seasoned biotechnology industry veterans including James C. Jenson, Ph.D., CEO, Roberto Guerciolini, M.D., SVP Pharmaceutical Development, Bob D. Brown, Ph.D., SVP Research, and Martin Williams, SVP and Chief Business Officer.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dicerna's approach offers strong advantages over conventional RNAi.

Using its Dicer Substrate Technology™, Dicerna offers a route to greater potency via the natural processing pathway for small interfering RNAs.

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THE DICERNA TEAM

The Dicerna team is comprised of leaders in the fields of RNAi and oligonucleotide therapeutics. The company is based in Boston. »

PRESS RELEASES

PUBLICATIONS

• Rose SD et al. (2005) Functional polarity is introduced by Dicer processing of short substrate RNAs. Nucleic Acids Res. 33 (13) 4140-4156 (PDF, 728K) »
• Kim D-H et al. (2005). Synthetic dsRNA Dicer substrates enhance RNAi potency and efficacy. Nat Biotechnol. 23 (2) 222-226 (PDF, 212K) »
• Amarzguioui M et al. (2006). Rational design and in vitro and in vivo delivery of Dicer substrate siRNA. Nature Protocol 1 (2) 508-517 (PDF, 396K) »