How might RNAi be used to treat diseases in humans?
A) siRNAs could be generated that would silence elevated levels of a harmful gene.
B) An RNAi library could be generated for harmful genes that are expressed.
C) RNAi probes could bind to good genes, and thus increase their expression.
D) RNAi is a process that has the ability to amplify large amounts of therapeutic proteins.
E) RNAi is not a process that could work in humans, as it is a process found only in plants.
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