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Yes that's how it works in general, but the article lists dengue and doesn't explain why a protein segment would be safer than what we have now.
by idontwantthis 5y ago
Yes that's how it works in general, but the article lists dengue and doesn't explain why a protein segment would be safer than what we have now.
- arrosenberg 5y agoCurrent vaccine is an actual virus, just a weakened (attenuated) version. mRNA vaccine causes your body to create the proteins that your immune system can target if it encounters the actual virus. That allows your immune system to train on the targets without introducing an actual virus. The mRNA version doesn't have the ability to infect a cell and use it to reproduce, it ONLY triggers the immune system.
- TacticalMalice 5y agoBy eliciting responses against specific parts of a specific protein that minimizes the production of antibodies that bind to, but not neutralize denguevirus. See also https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33194810/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33194810/ .