First, the chains of the mRNA precursors are cleaved at a specific point to create uniform products. Then, a long molecular chain, the so-called poly(A) tail, is attached to one end of the strand.

Blueprint for proteins: How mRNA gets its final shape Date: February 21, 2022 Source: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Summary: Proteins need to interact in a complex manner for a so ...

Scientists have discovered the internal shape of tiny drug-delivery particles – called lipid nanoparticles – has a big impact ...

How the the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine works. With the new discovery, Moderna was fast at work developing a vaccine using mRNA – messenger ribonucleic acid, sometimes called the “software of life ...

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have been crucial to containing and controlling the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Advances in self-amplifying RNA technology promise to make them even more cost ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 had to be kept at temperatures below –15 °C to maintain their stability. A new AI tool could improve that ...

In the spotlight for its role in COVID-19 vaccines – and a Nobel Prize – mRNA is not a new invention. It’s a crucial messenger molecule at work every day in every cell in your body.

Proteins need to interact in a complex manner for a so-called "messenger RNA" (mRNA) to be created in human cells from a precursor molecule. mRNA provides a blueprint for proteins; the first vaccines ...