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How mRNA vaccines work

mRNA vaccines and how they work.

In the video you will see how an mRNA vaccine works to teach cells to recognise parts of a virus.

You will have learned about RNA and DNA earlier. Can you comment on what you think the relationship is between sequencing and mRNA vaccine development?

If you want to see more videos from the group that produced this one, please have a look at the Vaccine Makers Project website

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