All the credit for the success of Sars-CoV-2 vaccines does not go to messenger RNA alone. It also owes a lot to its wearer. “Without the lipid nanoparticles that encapsulated the messenger RNA, nothing would be possible.”explains Pr: Patrick Couvrere, professor of pharmacy at the University of Paris-Saclay, member of the Academy of Pharmacy.
Indeed, these tiny droplets of fat, which mimic the membranes of our cells, allow the messenger RNA molecule to penetrate them, which it could not do on its own. “They also protect messenger RNA, which is rapidly degraded in the body.”says Pr: Elias Fatal, professor of Galenics at the University of Paris-Saclay and who directed the Galien Paris-Saclay Institute, a joint research unit dedicated to the design of nanomedicine.
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Source: Le Figaro
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