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Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by stopping on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @01:53PM (#26878086)
FYI: The J&J vaccine directly injects DNA into the cell nucleus to begin spike protein production. DNA-based vaccines have been tested before (see J&J's Ebola vaccine), and I believe the general consensus is that mRNA is a safer technology due to its inherently short lifetime.
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Re:mRNA vaccines – a new era in vaccinology (2018) by outworlder on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:50PM (#26879372)
Indirectly! It uses an adenovirus as the vector to do so.
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