mRNA - Is It The Miracle Weapon Against Caner (The

Humanity’s Enemy)

With no doubt cancer is becoming a more common tragedy in

our world, which causes fear in the heart of every individual.
History of medicine kept proving for millions of years that it's a
problem without a solution. However, the corona-pandemic
shows us that mRNA might be our saver.

Cancer cases keep rising dramatically since 1990, year by year.

Theoretically, if it continues rising this way, our existence might
be threatened. mRNA, however, might be the solution to a long-
lasting problem. So, the one-million question would be, is
mRNA our superhero?

What is mRNA?
The therapeutic vaccine delivers mRNA molecules as a blueprint for proteins to be produced. These proteins
stimulate an immune response, which teaches the body to identify and attack the cancer cells. So, simply the process
is as following:

1. The mRNA blueprint is injected into the body,

2. the ribosomes start producing the proteins, which are responsible for the stimulation of an immune
response,
3. the body will understand that this structure, in our case cancer cells, should be attacked.

How can mRNA heal cancer?

Cancer cells were normal and healthy cells, which mutated to cancer cells dur to DNA defection. Therefore, they
can’t be recognized as abnormal by the immune system. So, they keep growing uncontrollably to building tumors,
which sometimes can lead to death.

For mRNA therapy to be successful the gene mutation should be analyzed, copied in a form of mRNA and injected
in cancer’s patient’s body. However, it is important to mention that the gene mutation is individual, which means
that the gene mutation differs from each patient to another. The solution for this problem would be a personalized
vaccine.

Can we be saved?
All in all, mRNA is extremely promising, but it’s not the miracle weapon that will save us all. It could be more
effective when combined with other treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted therapies. Until
now, there are ongoing studies trying to research, how effective mRNA could be in the fight against different cancer
types like malignant melanoma.

Whether this would save us or not, only time can prove.