What other conditions can mRNA take down? Several, according to pharmacists

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    via Drugmakers may only be scratching the surface of mRNA, the platform Pfizer and Moderna used to develop the first two COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorization by the FDA.

    COVID-19 vaccines that use mRNA provide instructions for a cell to make a protein, inciting an immune response to enhance the body’s ability to fight the actual virus, according to Indu Lew, PharmD, the chief pharmacy officer at West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.

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