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mRNA in vaccines doesn’t target anything, but encode the antigens (the spike protein in the case of SARS-CoV-2 ones) that will be used by the host immune system
by flobosg 4y ago
mRNA in vaccines doesn’t target anything, but encode the antigens (the spike protein in the case of SARS-CoV-2 ones) that will be used by the host immune system to synthetize the antibodies that will target precisely the same antigen present in natural viruses. These antibodies are, in a way, still being discovered by natural processes.