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Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf] by sterlind on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @12:42AM (#26631320)
How do you edit genes with an mRNA vaccine? You'd need DNA, enzymes (maybe requiring post-translational modification) to splice them in, etc.

Also, you might not even be able to print full viruses with this platform. manufacturing mRNA is different from manufacturing all the random types of RNA in a virus, isn't it?

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Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf] by lettergram on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @02:49AM (#26631804)
Theres really no reason you can’t have a multitude of mRNA deployed, you definitely don’t need DNA to do editing.

There are people already doing gene editing with mRNA methods:

https://m.jpost.com/health-science/israeli-scientists-use-mr...

I’m not sure about these particular platforms, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we see gene editing technology deployed live in the next 3 years.

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