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I am not a biologist but what I understand is that the mRNA of the vaccine is reversed transcripted and somehow incorporated in the genome of the host: "Our st
by JPLeRouzic 5y ago
I am not a biologist but what I understand is that the mRNA of the vaccine is reversed transcripted and somehow incorporated in the genome of the host:
"Our study shows that BNT162b2 can be reverse transcribed to DNA
in liver cell line Huh7, and this may give rise to the concern if BNT162b2-derived DNA may be integrated into the host genome"
Reverse transcriptase creates double-stranded DNA from an RNA template.
I think a caveat is that this study is done in-vitro in cells (carcinoma cell line) with a behavior very different from the cells in our body.