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Fomivirsen structure, in skeletal (left), ball-and-stick (centre) and space-filling (right) depictions

The antiviral fomivirsen was the first antisense therapy to be licensed by the FDA. It binds to a cytomegalovirus mRNA and is used to treat cytomegalovirus retinitis.

Credit: Fvasconcellos (1 January 2007)