The phrase "may boost its" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The company's new marketing campaign may boost its sales by attracting a larger customer base.
Exactly what the "micro-RNA" snippet, called miR-122, does for the virus is still unclear; it may boost its replication or stability, or it may somehow protect it from the immune system.
Translate won't generate revenue for Google, but it may boost its visibility among Chinese internet users.
Valuation multiples also tend to rise as firms get bigger, so simply holding a business and letting it grow may boost its multiple from, say, six to eight over a few years.Break it up.
Expanding the program may boost its price tag.
The stimulative policies (known as "Abenomics") of Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, may boost its GDP by 1%, though wage growth remains sluggish.
Gaikai's technology is also being used to allow PS4 games to be streamed and played via the PlayStation Vita handheld console, which may boost its sales.
If anything, it may boost his ego.
Activision's decision to release the game as a launch title for Nintendo's Wii U console - which is due to be released in the US next week - may also boost its fortunes.
The company also makes memory chips for other companies (including Apple), however, and increased demand as new smartphone models are introduced may help boost its profits by the end of this year.
But it may try to boost its Advertising 2.0 cred even further with more small acquisitions.
As others have pointed out, the biggest reason for the deal from Microsoft's perspective may be to boost its lagging Windows Phone 7 operating system.
