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by peyton 910 days ago
I think the methylated pseudouridine is actually a tRNA component. Could be wrong. I’m not sure what the 3D structure of the vaccine mRNA is, but it could depart quite a bit from the high-school-biology linear strand portrayal of mRNA.

> other proteins present in a cell can regulate which proteins can be produced - again an essential part of how our cells function

I thought manipulating this was a design goal.

Regardless, I somewhat doubt the simple story presented to the public is 100% accurate.