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by abracadaniel 266 days ago
All mRNA vaccines in use currently rely on modified nucleosides that cannot be replaced via our polymerases. Pseudouridine I think is the one.
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But didn't people also think unmodified RNA cannot be transcribed back into DNA until this article showed it was possible just four years ago?

Also we are relying on mRNA vaccines being manufactured correctly, but that link in the chain of reasoning also doesn't seem to be too reliable as many studies seem to have shown, here's one of the more recent ones: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40913499/