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How to Make the Spike Protein That's Part of the Corona Virus

M r n a delivers instructions to teach ourselves how to make the spike protein that's part of the corona virus. Once that protein is made, the cells start to suspect that it doesn't belong there. And they hold it out on the outside of the cell to basically alert our immune systems and ask them, hey, will you come over here? Will you check out this protein that i just made?"

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