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Write a note on "significance of viruses".

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Viruses nowadays use as a tool in genetic engineering laboratories to target and kill cancer cells, to treat a variety of genetic diseases as a gene therapy tools, and also in vaccine delivery. Viruses are necessary microbial predators that influence global biogeochemical cycles and drive microbial evolution, although their effect is frequently underappreciated.


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