messenger RNA
noun
: an RNA produced by transcription that carries the code for a particular protein from the nuclear DNA to a ribosome in the cytoplasm and acts as a template for the formation of that protein compare transfer rna
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This research demonstrated that messenger RNA, known as mRNA, is crucial in transcribing genetic information from DNA to protein factories within cells.
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Key to that success are transformative new technologies like messenger RNA, which powered vaccines developed by Pfizer with its partner BioNTech.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
Beginning in August, the researchers trained their computers on the 33 million cells in the database, focusing on a type of genetic information called messenger RNA.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
This process, known as gene expression, determines when and where proteins and messenger RNA (mRNA) are made; genes, after all, provide the genetic instructions for the production of proteins.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
Personalized mRNA Vaccines Another new technology being used in the development of novel cancer vaccines is messenger RNA (mRNA).
—Jaimie Seaton, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
Moderna and Pfizer created messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines.
—Ayana Byrd, Health, 7 Jan. 2024
The results are a vindication of sorts for Moderna's strategy to develop new uses for messenger RNA technology used in its COVID-19 vaccine.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
Earlier this week, the Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to two scientists whose research laid the groundwork for messenger RNA vaccines that transformed the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Key to that success are transformative new technologies like messenger RNA, which powered vaccines developed by Pfizer with its partner BioNTech.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
Beginning in August, the researchers trained their computers on the 33 million cells in the database, focusing on a type of genetic information called messenger RNA.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
This process, known as gene expression, determines when and where proteins and messenger RNA (mRNA) are made; genes, after all, provide the genetic instructions for the production of proteins.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
Personalized mRNA Vaccines Another new technology being used in the development of novel cancer vaccines is messenger RNA (mRNA).
—Jaimie Seaton, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
Moderna and Pfizer created messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines.
—Ayana Byrd, Health, 7 Jan. 2024
The results are a vindication of sorts for Moderna's strategy to develop new uses for messenger RNA technology used in its COVID-19 vaccine.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
Earlier this week, the Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to two scientists whose research laid the groundwork for messenger RNA vaccines that transformed the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
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