What other conditions can mRNA take down? Several, according to pharmacists

Drugmakers may only be scratching the surface of mRNA, the platform Pfizer and Moderna used to develop the first two COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorization by the FDA.

COVID-19 vaccines that use mRNA provide instructions for a cell to make a protein, inciting an immune response to enhance the body’s ability to fight the actual virus, according to Indu Lew, PharmD, the chief pharmacy officer at West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.