Vaccination against Coronavirus today has new details on how messenger RNA works to help create antibodies that help protect people against infection, and prevent serious forms of the disease.
"Messenger RNA is a set of instructions that a cell uses to synthesize proteins. After use it breaks down completely and does not affect our cells.
A cell's DNA contains its genetic information, but in order to use it, it must be "translated" into proteins. The first step in this process is carried out by messenger RNA (mRNA/mRNA) (1).
Essentially, messenger RNA is a set of instructions that a cell uses to make the proteins it needs.
Messenger RNA represents a sequence of genetic information that can be translated and turned into proteins inside the cell.
Messenger RNA carries the information to the cell's protein factory, the ribosomes. Through them, the genetic information is transformed into a protein. Messenger RNA acts as a technical handbook for ribosomes.
After the messenger RNA information has been translated, it will be broken down into its component parts, which our body recycles to synthesize new RNA. Thus, the genetic information carried by the messenger RNA disappears from the cell, leaving behind only the newly created protein (2)."
