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> That mRNA gets inside your cells and causes the cells to express a protein that is common to the virus. That's what a standard vaccine with an attenuated vir
by ahmedtd 6y ago
> That mRNA gets inside your cells and causes the cells to express a protein that is common to the virus.
That's what a standard vaccine with an attenuated virus does as well.
- konjin 6y agoNo viruses contain nucleoside-modified RNA or DNA. If any virus did we would all be dead since they completely circumvent the immune system.
- dragonwriter 6y agoNo, we wouldn't, because the proteins of the virus are what the immune system responds to, not the genetic material. And obviously the proteins coded for by such genetic material do stimulate immune response, otherwise mRNA vaccines would have no effect.