Chapter 7, Problem 4CT

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The way in which scientists could use $\text{siRNA}$ to turn off the cancer-inducing gene.

Introduction:

Silencing RNA also known as short interfering RNA is a class of RNA molecules that consists of 20-25 base pairs. The $\text{siRNA}$ interferes with the expression of genes by degrading messenger RNA after the process of transcription. This action of $\text{siRNA}$ prevents the translation of the gene.