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Concerning Gene Transfer into Human Cells, Which, If Any, of the Following

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Concerning gene transfer into human cells, which, if any, of the following statements is false?


A) Integrating viruses can insert genes into the chromosomes of a host cell.
B) Most integrating viruses insert their DNA into a specific location within the genome.
C) The great value of integrating viruses is that they allow foreign (and therefore, therapeutic) DNA to be stably inherited so that it passes to all descendant cells of the transduced cell.
D) Because non-integrating viruses cannot insert their DNA into the chromosomes of a cell, the transduced DNA is quickly destroyed by enzymes within the host cell.

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