The gene-silencing technique has been used to prolong the lies of mice infected with scrapie, a disease similar to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

• 基因噪声抑制技术已经被用于延长被感染羊瘙痒病的老鼠的寿命，这是一种类似痉挛性假性硬化（克雅氏病，CJD）的疾病。