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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for Virus
  1. What are mRNA vaccines and how do they work?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... body to fight foreign invaders (such as bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens). All vaccines introduce into the ... a harmless piece of a particular bacteria or virus, triggering an immune response. Most vaccines contain a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/therapy/mrnavaccines - Genetics
  2. How does gene therapy work?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... engineered to carry and deliver the material. Certain viruses are used as vectors because they can deliver the material by infecting the cell. The viruses are modified so they can't cause disease ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/therapy/procedures - Genetics
  3. What are genome editing and CRISPR-Cas9?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... use as an immune defense. When infected with viruses, bacteria capture small pieces of the viruses' DNA and insert them into their own DNA ... CRISPR arrays allow the bacteria to "remember" the viruses (or closely related ones). If the viruses attack ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../genomicresearch/genomeediting - Genetics
  4. What are proteins and what do they do?: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    ... Antibodies bind to specific foreign particles, such as viruses and bacteria, to help protect the body. Immunoglobulin ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/howgeneswork/protein - Genetics