THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
THE GENETICS OF VIRUSES AND BACTERIA
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Only when it kills my enemies
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Naw, son ____
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maybe
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yes, when a scientist uses it for gene therapy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses are currently the most commonly used vectors in gene therapies because they have a natural ability to deliver genetic material into cells. Before a virus can be used to carry therapeutic genes into human cells, it is modified to remove its ability to cause infectious disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -Viral-vector gene therapies use modified viruses as drug-delivery vehicles to introduce specific DNA sequences-encoding genes, regulatory RNAs (for example, small interfering RNAs [siRNAs]), or other therapeutic substrates-into cells.
Detailed explanation-3: -Geneticists often use viruses as vectors to introduce genes into cells that they are studying. Aviral vector is a tool commonly used by molecul ar biologists to place genetic material into cells.