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An mRNA vaccine is a type of vaccine that uses a copy of a molecule known as messenger RNA (mRNA) to produce an immune response. The vaccine transfects molecules of synthetic RNA into dendritic cells, where the vaccine functions as mRNA, causing the cells to build foreign protein that would normally be produced by a pathogen (such as a virus) or by a cancer cell. These protein molecules stimulate an adaptive immune response that teaches the body to identify and destroy the corresponding pathogen or cancer cell. This animated video illustrates how immunization with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine stimulates an immune response against COVID-19 infection.

Video credit: Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences

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The Swiss Academy of Sciences is publicly funded for synthesizing scientific knowledge for society. We are willing and started to add this synthesized knowledge to articles in Wikipedia in German, no self-marketing. Wikipedia German wants us to be transparent who we are, and there is a verification process for this. We did all that. Since we are active in Wikipedia in German, we stick to the rules there.

Our video in vaccines was highlighted on the frontpage of wikipedia, linking to the article on the SCNAT. Since the article on us is full of mistakes - even our name is not correct and all links were wrong (now corrected) - I made minor corrections on the SCNAT article in EN. That's why we have this discussion now. Since I understand now that the rules for naming accounts are completely different in EN and GE, we will in the future only be active in Wikipedia German. SCNAT (talk) 07:52, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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 Thank you. TheSandDoctor ^Talk 22:20, 20 August 2022 (UTC)