How to produce viruses as effective vectors?

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In order to produce effective vectors, certain essential genes are spliced out from the viruses. This will render the virus harmless and allow space for the therapeutic genes to be inserted.
These new genes can be used for the treatment of certain genetic disorders. The viruses can also be used as vectors to transfer the genes to the plant or bacterial cells to produce certain important materials.

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Consider the given assertion and reason, choose the right option.

Assertion [A] : Antibiotics are produced by bacteria and fungi.

Reason [R] : Antibiotics are not effective against viruses.

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