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Cancers start when DNA is mis-copied. Typically DNA is copied to RNA, which is then used to generate protein, and there isn't usually a mechanism for that RNA t
by delecti 6y ago
Cancers start when DNA is mis-copied. Typically DNA is copied to RNA, which is then used to generate protein, and there isn't usually a mechanism for that RNA to go back a step to become DNA again. I don't want to say it's impossible, or that there's no conceivable negative effects, but cancer seems like an implausible result from mRNA therapy.
- dharma1 6y agoNot related to mRNA therapy, but retroviruses use reverse transcriptase to attach their RNA to the DNA of the host cell
- delecti 6y agoThank you, that's a good addition. I knew it didn't happen with mRNA, but also knew that there was _a_ route from RNA to DNA, though I couldn't remember what. That's why I hedged my statement with "usually".