Posted on 01/04/2019 5:30:38 PM PST by BenLurkin
Messenger RNA, which can induce cells to produce therapeutic proteins, holds great promise for treating a variety of diseases. The biggest obstacle to this approach so far has been finding safe and efficient ways to deliver mRNA molecules to the target cells.
In an advance that could lead to new treatments for lung disease, MIT researchers have now designed an inhalable form of mRNA. This aerosol could be administered directly to the lungs to help treat diseases such as cystic fibrosis, the researchers say.
“We think the ability to deliver mRNA via inhalation could allow us to treat a range of different diseases of the lung,” says Daniel Anderson, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering, a member of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), and the senior author of the study.
The researchers showed that they could induce lung cells in mice to produce a target protein — in this case, a bioluminescent protein. If the same success rate can be achieved with therapeutic proteins, that could be high enough to treat many lung diseases, the researchers say.
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How about a neutered virus?
And now govt will use it to kill us.
Great.
I had the exact same reaction when I read the article. Don’t think we’re both wrong here....
Sounds like a bio-weapon to me.
Drones capable of aerosol delivery.
The first product is an inhalable contraceptive product. Researchers are not seeking people who engage in nasal sex.
Thanks BenLurkin.
Things That Are Guaranteed To Go Horrifyingly Wrong.
It will be.
It was going to cure everything from cancer to colds and would make us live longer.
Only one problem, it did not work.
they didnt need to do it with a bioweapon like this
they already have the tech to do it with highly aerosolized gasses and bioweapons already, had it for decades.
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