title: Conference Scene: Advances in RNA nanotechnology promise to transform medicine.
abstract: The second International Conference on RNA Nanotechnology and Therapeutics was held on the 3-5 April in Lexington, (KY, USA). The focus of the conference was on leveraging the unique chemical and biological properties of RNA to promote transformative advances in medicine. The conference convened more than 200 researchers from 15 countries and many disciplines, roughly double the participants of the first conference. While many presentations focused on the design, assembly and characterization of RNA nanoparticles and their uses for in vivo and in vitro sensing, diagnosis and therapy, others covered a variety of relevant areas of RNA biology and chemistry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA.
authors.forename: Neocles
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leontis
authors.forename: Blake
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: Farzin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: Peixuan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012313:RNA