Aids in the treatments such as cancer, diabetes, AIDS, cholesterol
Necessary oligonucleotides can be manufactured quickly, so it's possible to finish a task within a week
Healthcare workers can assess the degree of sensitivity with ease and can adjust it as needed allowing patients to progress at their own pace
Use of this therapy is much easier to focus on than many other approaches to treat cancer
Can be controlled, measured and redirected as necessary without harming healthy cells
Disadvantages
Difficulty getting it into the body in cases such as Huntingtons disease
Delivery of treatment to the brain is challenging because it must cross the blood-brain barrier
Entry very difficult and can’t be accomplished through injection or a pill that contains antisense oligos (the human body has natural defenses against it)
Inevitable Toxic Effects
Although engineered to be very specific, it can still cause unintended damage because it can regulate both mutant and normal alleles
Challenge to determine the right dosage and composition of an antisense molecule to strike a balance between reducing the symptoms and avoiding side effects caused by alteration