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Analysis of RNA Role in Spreading Disease Advances Study of Damaging Plant Infections http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1209066474
Because no chemical treatments exist that can specifically inhibit viroid infection, an effective way to prevent viroid multiplication and spread is through genetic alterations of susceptible plants. The best approach to such bioengineering is learning exactly how the pathogens function in the first place, said Biao Ding, senior author of the study and professor of plant cellular and molecular biology at Ohio State.... Viroids resemble viruses, but consist of only small RNA molecules that don’t have the protein coat found on viruses and that don't encode any proteins. Viroids so far have been shown to infect only plants.
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This could be good, for food scarcity, and for understanding viruses. It does, however, require genetic manipulation of those crops. "Viroid-ready corn, anyone? And don't forget, we own it."
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