Molecular model of messenger RNA (pink) complexed with an RNA binding protein (light blue) LAGUNA DESIGN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A cancer treatment that uses messenger RNA to launch an immune attack on cancer cells can completely shrink tumours in mice and is now being tested in people. Messenger RNAs – or mRNAs – are molecules that instruct cells to make proteins. They have risen to fame with the r
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