How Do mRNA Vaccines Work?

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Go to Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Complex Numbers course. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Two of the vaccines we have for COVID-19 have the distinction of being the first mRNA vaccines to see widespread use in humans. But how do they work, and how are they different from the litany of immunizations you probably got as a kid? Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Drew Hart, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara Growing Violet, Ash, Laura Sanborn, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Katie Marie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/mrna.html www.nfid.org/infectious-diseases/frequently-asked-questions-about-covid-19-vaccines/ www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/conversations/downloads/vacsafe-understand-color-office.pdf microbiologysociety.org/why-microbiology-matters/what-is-microbiology/microbes-and-the-human-body/immune-system.html www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(10)00368-7 www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7361221/ www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Nucleotide www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/the-information-in-dna-determines-cellular-function-6523228/ www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18319-6 www.nature.com/articles/s41541-020-0159-8 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1690918/ www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243#ref-CR7 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18797453/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16111635/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449617/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5439223/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5388441/ www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213219820314112 www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety.html www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/statement-nih-barda-fda-emergency-use-authorization-moderna-covid-19-vaccine Images: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfizer-BioNTech_COVID-19_vaccine_(2020)_E.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoplasmic_reticulum#/media/File:Animal_Cell.svg

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