A Chinese journalist asks the Nobel Prize committee this question. “With the mRNA, we don’t know the long term effect yet. Do we have any concern over that?”

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Hear the answers from Professor Sandberg and Professor Olle Kampe.

“The mRNA given is very transient”
“The amount of side effects noted to date is extremely limited, so I don’t think it’s a major concern”
“Well it can’t be integrated into the nucleus, into the DNA, and that’s a safety precaution.”
“The effects noted are mostly myocarditis and pericarditis, mainly affecting young males, but that normally resolves without any long term effects”