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What is mRNA? The messenger molecule that's been in every living cell for billions of years is the key ingredient in some COVID-19 vaccines

  • Written by Penny Riggs, Associate Professor of Functional Genomics and Associate Vice President for Research, Texas A&M University
What is mRNA? The messenger molecule that's been in every living cell for billions of years is the key ingredient in some COVID-19 vaccinesMRNA is an important messenger, carrying the instructions for life from DNA to the rest of the cell.ktsimage/iStock via Getty Images Plus

One surprising star of the coronavirus pandemic response has been the molecule called mRNA. It’s the key ingredient in the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. But mRNA itself is not a new invention from...

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