Chhose correct option plz QUESTION- The SARS-COV-2 virus interacts with a human protein present on the surface of cells and called ACE2. If one could ever engineer ACE2 mutations that allowed ACE2 to retain its normal functions while not interacting with current variants of the virus, what could currently be most realistically achieved with this mutated ACE2 sequence, according to current knowledge? a.Edit the genome of all cells in grown human individuals to change the sequence of the ACE2 gene b.Edit the genome of human embryos to mutate ACE2 c.Perform reproductive cloning of human individuals that already carry the mutated ACE2

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The SARS-COV-2 virus interacts with a human protein present on the surface of cells and called ACE2. If one could ever engineer ACE2 mutations that allowed ACE2 to retain its normal functions while not interacting with current variants of the virus, what could currently be most realistically achieved with this mutated ACE2 sequence, according to current knowledge?

a.Edit the genome of all cells in grown human individuals to change the sequence of the ACE2 gene

b.Edit the genome of human embryos to mutate ACE2

c.Perform reproductive cloning of human individuals that already carry the mutated ACE2

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