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Re:The EMA Covid-19 data leak, and what it tells us about mR... by taipan100 on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @05:56PM (#26483648)
Valid mRNA has a start codon and a stop codon. Without these mRNA will be broken down and untranslated. However without translation the vaccine will be useless. So while unintended translation is unlikely it is possible that efficacy would be impacted.
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