How to Use mRNA in a Sentence

mRNA

noun

• In this case, the mRNA in question tells the body to produce Lp(a).
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
• So, so much better to do it this new way with the mRNA.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
• There didn’t seem to be a way around the fact that cells would destroy the foreign mRNA.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2023
• Of course, with the mRNA there's a very, very, very low risk, and particularly in young men of getting the myocarditis.
  — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2023
• Both use the same mRNA technology to instruct cells to create the same protein as the one found on the surface of the coronavirus.
  — Cassidy Morrison, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2020
• On page 7, the document describes a process for testing if the mRNA in the vaccine can lead to the production of a spiked protein, Russo said.
  — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• First, the mRNA would need a nuclear signal to be able to get through the nuclear membrane into the nucleus of a cell.
  — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
• In 2005, the team published a breakthrough paper solving one of the major problems with using mRNA.
  — Naomi Kresge, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
• This means that the differences in vaccines likely come down to regions of the mRNA that don’t code for actual protein, but tell cells how much of it to make, and for how long.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2020
• The mRNA in the vaccines enters the cell's cytoplasm, attaches to a ribosome, and is translated into the spike protein.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2021
• The mRNA used in vaccines encode instructions to make a protein from a pathogen of interest that immune cells learn to recognize and attack.
  — David Verhoeven, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
• But in an age of synthetic mRNA technology, it almost certainly is not required in the same way.
  — Michael Specter, STAT, 6 Apr. 2023
• The newer mRNA vaccines instruct cells inside the body of vaccine recipients to build the coronavirus spike protein.
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2022
• Furthermore, synthetic mRNA could be used instead of putting an actual virus into the body to produce a vaccine.
  — Hope Reese, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021
• The company reported that this new bivalent vaccine combines the original shot and the omicron mRNA together in a single shot.
  — Arielle Mitropoulos, ABC News, 8 June 2022
• Its mRNA therapy is also designed to replicate itself once inside a tumor, which Strand believes will spur a better immune response.
  — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022
• The researchers discovered that cells protect their own mRNA with a specific chemical modification.
  — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• The study’s results suggest that mRNA in extracellular vesicles are likely an ideal biological marker for identifying brain disorders that involve mood, schizophrenia, epilepsy and substance abuse.
  — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
• Additionally, the advanced structural complexity of the mRNA provides better protection against vaccine degradation.
  — Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 4 May 2023

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024