Which, If Any, of the Following Statements Is False

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which, if any, of the following statements is false?

• A) RNA interference (RNAi) is a cellular defense mechanism that is triggered by the presence in cells of unnatural double-stranded RNA, as can occur after viral infections.
• B) RNAi therapy is a type of RNA-targeted therapy in which specific double-stranded RNA constructs are engineered to appear in diseased cells in order to incite the cells to destroy any RNA that contains the same sequence.
• C) By destroying RNAs that are related to a specifically introduced genetic construct, artificial RNAi is effectively a type of gene-specific silencing.
• D) RNAi therapy is best suited to silencing genes so as to replicate a phenotype caused by loss-of-function mutations.

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