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So there is a whole new class of therapy being developed. Instead of targeting receptors, they use gene therapy (using mRNA for example) to make the cell grow receptors that they can then target with what would otherwise be a totally benign compound. These are also called RASSLs - Receptor Activated Solely by Synthetic Ligands. So now it is theoretically possible to sneak mRNA into a shot and then later introduce a seemingly benign compound into the food supply.

So there is a whole new class of therapy being developed. Instead of targeting receptors, they use gene therapy (using mRNA for example) to make the cell grow receptors that they can then target with what would otherwise be a totally benign compound. These are also called RASSLs - Receptor Activated Solely by Synthetic Ligands. So now it is theoretically possible to sneak mRNA into a shot and then later introduce a seemingly benign compound into the food supply.

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Interesting. I'm still skeptical about how well this would work on multicellular organisms. The portion in your edit is, as you mentioned, for insulin production. You'd basically be blasting the code into a bunch of bacteria, which would basically just start uncontrollably churning out insulin. Most would die off, a few would survive, and you'd culture the remaining ones to have your insulin factory. Doing that to a human would be really messy. CRISPR is much more precise, though there's plenty of issues using that on humans as well.

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Still, I've proven that calling mRNA gene therapy is reasonable, not q-tier bullshit as you were saying.

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Something might be possible - vs - something is happening right naow!!!!

Mmm, no.

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No point in trying to shift the goal posts, saying mRNA is used in gene therapies is correct, as I've shown with the paper above. You may not like it, it may not fit with the special definition of gene therapy you made up yourself, but it is demonstrably true.