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		johntb86 on Dec 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: mRNA's next challenge: Will it work as a drug? Wouldn't an adenovirus be delivering DNA? mRNA can't be incorporated into the genome (barring some crazy mixing due to a retrovirus) because it's RNA.

flobosg on Dec 18, 2020 [–]

mRNA is not the only type of RNA that can be delivered. Another type could be interfering RNA targeting endogenous coding or non-coding RNA molecules.

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