messenger RNA
noun
: an RNA produced by transcription that carries the code for a particular protein from the nuclear DNA to a ribosome in the cytoplasm and acts as a template for the formation of that protein compare transfer rna
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The team employed a novel method using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) directly to the testes.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
In 2023, the prize was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, for their work on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, a crucial tool in curtailing the spread of Covid-19.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
These microRNA specifically target and degrade messenger RNA carrying the instructions to build more huntingtin protein, therefore lowering the amount of huntingtin protein in the cell.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. then announced that the federal government’s emergency preparedness agency, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, will no longer fund work on messenger RNA vaccines.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
In 2023, the prize was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, for their work on messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, a crucial tool in curtailing the spread of Covid-19.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
These microRNA specifically target and degrade messenger RNA carrying the instructions to build more huntingtin protein, therefore lowering the amount of huntingtin protein in the cell.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. then announced that the federal government’s emergency preparedness agency, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, will no longer fund work on messenger RNA vaccines.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Messenger RNA.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/messenger%20RNA. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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