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by gus_massa 614 days ago
Thanks. Very interesting. From the research paper:

> The ARCT-154 study vaccine consists of sa-mRNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles. The RNA comprises a replicon based upon Venezuela equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) in which RNA coding for the VEEV structural proteins has been replaced with RNA coding for the full-length spike (S) glycoprotein of the SARS-CoV-2 D614G variant.

IIUC the RNA makes copies of itself inside the cell, but it does not get a capsule of proteins to travel and invade other cells. Is this correct?

(A few more details in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRNA_vaccine#Amplification but not enough for my curiosity level.)