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ReviewNature aging2025

Using RNA therapeutics to promote healthy aging.

Shuying Chen, Qian Chen, Xinru You, Zhuoming Zhou, Na Kong, Fabrisia Ambrosio, Yihai Cao, Reza Abdi, Wei Tao

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Review in Nature aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. mRNA medicine for cardiovascular disease.Nature cardiovascular research · 2026
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  6. Engineering Immune Cell to Counteract Aging and Aging-Associated Diseases.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Shuying Chen *Center for Nanomedicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Qian Chen *Center for Nanomedicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-5776
Xinru YouCenter for Nanomedicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Zhuoming ZhouCenter for Nanomedicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Na KongCenter for Nanomedicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Fabrisia AmbrosioDiscovery Center for Musculoskeletal Recovery, Schoen Adams Research Institute at Spaulding, Charlestown, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5497-5968
Yihai CaoDepartment of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. yihai.cao@ki.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1308-0065
Reza AbdiTransplantation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. rabdi@bwh.harvard.edu.
Wei TaoCenter for Nanomedicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. wtao@bwh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-3728

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is characterized by a gradual decline of cellular and physiological functions over time and an increased risk of different diseases. RNA therapeutics constitute an emerging approach to target the molecular mechanisms of aging and age-related diseases via rational design and have several advantages over traditional drug therapies, including high specificity, low toxicity and the potential for rapid development and production. Here, we discuss the latest developments in RNA therapeutics designed to promote healthy aging, including RNA activation, messenger RNA therapy, RNA interference, antisense oligonucleotides, aptamers and CRISPR-Cas-mediated RNA editing. We also review the latest preclinical and clinical studies of RNA technology for treating age-related diseases, including neurodegenerative, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases. Finally, we discuss the challenges of RNA technology aimed at supporting healthy aging. We anticipate that the fusion of RNA therapeutics and aging biology will have an important effect on the development of new medicines and maximization of their efficacy.

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AgingGenetic TherapyHealthy AgingRNAAnimalsAptamers, NucleotideHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesRNA InterferenceAptamers, NucleotideRNA

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