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In vitro–transcribed mRNA (IVT mRNA) is emerging as a new class of drug that has the potential to play a role in gene therapy that once was envisioned for DNA.
1 Although first described as a therapeutic in 1992,
2 IVT mRNA's immunogenicity prevented its development for protein replacement therapies. However, this problem was recently solved by the introduction of modified nucleosides into the IVT mRNA."
"Using EPO-based hematopoiesis as an animal model system, they demonstrated that injection of mice with 1 μg of sequence-engineered mRNA containing uridines increases serum EPO levels and hematocrits to a higher level than the corresponding pseudouridine-containing mRNA. Even repeated injections of 10 μg of sequence-engineered mRNA (made with unmodified nucleotides) was found to be nonimmunogenic, as assessed by measuring inflammatory cytokines, which remained at baseline levels following treatment. Most importantly, when pigs and macaques were injected with lipid nanoparticle-formulated, sequence-engineered EPO mRNA, the authors observed significant increases of reticulocyte numbers and hematocrits. Thus, IVT mRNA could achieve a physiologically relevant parameter in large animals, thus opening potential opportunities to expand the therapeutic application of IVT mRNA to treat other diseases."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4817894/ Published online 2015 Aug 31
If you catch a viral illness, the virus enters your cells and gives instructions for them to make more virus.
Does that make you feel better?
Viruses can carry genes around, perform gene manipulation and alter DNA. It's part of evolution, whether we like it or not. Watch out for that mosquito!
https://www.ehs.washington.edu/biological/viral-vectors-gene-transfer
I suggest you only get bacterial infections, like MRSA. They reproduce on their own (inside your body) without having your cells do the job.