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To: ifinnegan

We have established now that gene therapy does not need to integrate in to a chromosome

No we haven't. Gene therapy is designed to introduce genetic material into cells to compensate for abnormal genes or to make a beneficial protein. If a mutated gene causes a necessary protein to be faulty or missing, gene therapy may be able to introduce a normal copy of the gene to restore the function of the protein. A gene that is inserted directly into a cell usually does not function. Instead, a carrier called a vector is genetically engineered to deliver the gene. Certain viruses are often used as vectors because they can deliver the new gene by infecting the cell. The viruses are modified so they can’t cause disease when used in people. Some types of viruses, such as retroviruses, integrate their genetic material (including the new gene) into a chromosome in the human cell. Other viruses, such as adenoviruses, introduce their DNA into the nucleus of the cell, but the DNA is not integrated into a chromosome.

RNA is not used in gene therapy and viral vectors are not used in RNA vaccines, which makes the comparison to gene therapy fundamentally faulty.

And no, I'm, not interested in "speculative" "theoretical considerations of the RNA vaccines’ possibility of integrating into a chromosome". Unless of course, you have clinical proof of even one instance of either of the mRNA vaccines having managed to have done so. I have zero interest in speculative fear-mongering.

53 posted on 04/13/2021 6:45:44 AM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: phoneman08

“We have established now that gene therapy does not need to integrate in to a chromosome.”

No we haven’t.

If you think thus you did not read or understand what you yourself posted.

I’m referring to post 47.


54 posted on 04/13/2021 8:59:22 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: phoneman08

You have no idea what you’re talking about regarding gene therapy vectors.

I appreciate your enthusiasm for gene therapy, but you don’t understand molecular biology well enough to present your knowledge based on lay readings.

I will try to find time today to go through your post which is well written and presented to clarify the points you are trying to make.


55 posted on 04/13/2021 10:01:10 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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