BI215-A: Principles of Genetics

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For your assignment, you will research the topic of RNA interference and answer the following questions in a 500-800 word short essay. You will be graded on content knowledge, grammar/spelling and including scientific references in APA format. Total: 50 pts.

1.    How does RNA Interference work?

2.    Why does your body need/use this mechanism?

3.    What are some natural sources of dsRNA?

4.   What may be a source of dsRNA that has not been considered/discovered yet?

5.    Pick one of the diseases listed here and explain how targeted synthetic RNAi therapy could be used to treat this disease: macular degeneration, hepatitis, AIDS, Huntington disease and Cancer.

6.   What are some complications to RNAi therapy?

7.    Any other interesting facts about RNA Interference that you came across?