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Old 03-26-2021, 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Notsocrates View Post
Vaccines until now have been oroteins that stimulate an immune response. The new Maderna and Pfizer mRNA vaccine instruct the body to make the protein that stimulates an immune response. Is that "gene therapy?"

Call it anything you want. The technique will revolutionize medicine.
I have had that opinion of the mRNA vaccines from the beginning. I think the technology is ground breaking but what do I know?
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