All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Can mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code? Can mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code? 25/06/2021 | 3 MINS This opinion piece, by Associate Professor Archa Fox from the LIT School of Human Sciences and School of Molecular Sciences and her colleagues, was published in The Conversation on Friday 25 June 2021. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are set to become the mainstay of AustraliaΓÇÖs COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the year progresses, according to the latest government projections released this week. From September, up to an average 1.3m doses of the Pfizer vaccine plus another 125,000 doses of the yet-to-be approved Moderna vaccine are expected to be available per week. These figures are set to rise from October, as use of the AstraZeneca vaccine drops. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines, which contain tiny fragments of the genetic material known as ΓÇ£messenger ribonucleic acidΓÇ¥. And if social media is anything to go by, some people are concerned these vaccines can affect their genetic code. HereΓÇÖs why the chances o
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June Can mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code?
25/06/2021 | 3 MINS This opinion piece, by Associate Professor Archa Fox from the LIT School of Human Sciences and School of Molecular Sciences and her colleagues, was published in The Conversation on Friday 25 June 2021.
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The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are set to become the mainstay of AustraliaΓÇÖs COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the year progresses, according to the latest government projections released this week.
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From September, up to an average 1.3m doses of the Pfizer vaccine plus another 125,000 doses of the yet-to-be approved Moderna vaccine are expected to be available per week.
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These figures are set to rise from October, as use of the AstraZeneca vaccine drops.
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Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines, which contain tiny fragments of the genetic material known as ΓÇ£messenger ribonucleic acidΓÇ¥.
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And if social media is anything to go by, some people are concerned these vaccines can affect their genetic code.
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