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Design And Delivery Of Synthetic Mrna By A Peptide Nanoparticle, John H. Lockhart
Design And Delivery Of Synthetic Mrna By A Peptide Nanoparticle, John H. Lockhart
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The field of synthetic mRNA therapeutics is a rapidly expanding arm of gene therapies. The use of mRNA provides multiple benefits over viral or DNA vectors. synthetic mRNA vectors are immediately translated into protein after entering the cytoplasm of cells in contrast to DNA vectors that must first be transcribed to mRNA in the nucleus. This allows synthetic mRNA to produce a therapeutic protein in any cell type, including non-dividing cells. In addition, the non-replicative nature of mRNA means that insertional mutagenesis or generation of escape mutants is not a concern. However, the stimulation of innate immune responses by unmodified …