Editorial

Welcome to Silence

David C Baulcombe^† and Phillip D Zamore^*†

• * Corresponding author: Phillip D Zamore phillip.zamore@umassmed.edu

• † Equal contributors

Author Affiliations

Editors-in-Chief, Silence, BioMed Central, London, UK

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Silence 2010, 1:1 doi:10.1186/1758-907X-1-1

Published: 12 January 2010

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Welcome to Silence [1], a new open-access journal devoted to RNA silencing and other pathways directed by non-coding RNAs. Silence springs from the extraordinary, yet brief, history of RNA silencing. In just two decades, we have seen the anomalous properties of plant and fungal transgenes connect with a series of amazing experiments in which injected double-stranded RNA triggered silencing in worms. These diverse lines of research revealed the essence of RNA interference (RNAi), and the importance of these discoveries has been recognized through numerous awards and accolades including a Nobel Prize for Fire and Mello [2,3].