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How would that work?

• adolph 6y ago
  As I understand it mRNA is one of the latter steps before a cell produces proteins that make up cells. The mRNA in the COVID vaccines is a precursor to immune system cells that can recognize COVID and deal with it. This represents a new way of training an immune system. The classical method is to put some dead or weakened disease cells in your body for your immune system to learn and practice defeating. One method of approaching a cancer treatment might be to train the immune system to recognize cancer cells as something to be defeated. This on its own isn't new. What's new is the approach toward making a pipeline that can be tested for efficacy/safety/etc. The Bio Eats World podcast linked below has an explainer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_RNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_RNA https://bio-eats-world.simplecast.com/episodes/moderna-covid-vaccine-mrna-technology https://bio-eats-world.simplecast.com/episodes/moderna-covid...
  • visarga 6y ago
    > train the immune system to recognize cancer Interesting parallel between the immune system and machine learning - they both need to train and curriculum training (vaccination) is more efficient.
    • oblio 6y ago
      > Interesting parallel between the immune system and machine learning - they both need to train and curriculum training (vaccination) is more efficient. It's almost like machine learning is a form of learning, right? :-D