controversial subjects with the facts can be tense, but we are a subscience here to make things make

sense. Today we are talking about mRNA vaccines and cancer. There's incredible new research about

how potentially even your COVID vaccines decrease your ability to get cancer. This is breakthrough

research. It's so exciting. Everyone's freaking out about it in the science community, so we're going to

try and explain it today.

And the sun is blasting it on my face, looking more white than ever.

Winter.

Some sun in here.

It's when I look like an uncooked chicken. Hope people think that's hot. Okay, whoa.

No, this research is really exciting.

Freaking cool.

Being considered some, like, by some as one of the biggest sort of like

breakthrough pieces of research in a long time, especially in this field.

It is.

Yeah.

And obviously we're also going to talk about, like, the implications of the political climate

around what that is going to do to research like this and attempt for reasons. Well, whatever. Scientists are going to leave America and come to Canada. Whatever. Anyway, I think, like, why don't we just, like, start talking about what's happening? Okay. So first of all, little biochem lesson, everyone. we need to learn about MRNA, which as, you know, people with science degrees, people who fell in love with biochemistry, hearing an mRNA vaccine, it means something to you. But I bet a lot of people, like friends who are like, oh, I'm going to get my MRI vaccine, don't understand. It means messenger RNA. And I sometimes wonder, I'm like, was it the right name?

Well, I don't think, yes, it was, because it's like based on what it is actually. No, but like when the general public, like, is there a way that you could like, I'm like amazing vaccine or something. Like, MRI is pretty meaningless to a lot of people, but we're going to explain what. Yeah, but so is every other kind of vaccine name.

Like they're not being named to be marketed.

And I think a lot of people, but we're going to explain what that means. Yeah, but so is every other kind of vaccine name. Like they're not being named to be marketed. And I think a lot of you actually surprisingly because of COVID have are way more likely that I've heard about MRNA. I don't think it matters. Like people know what it stands for. Okay, so we're going to start by explaining how messenger RNA or MRNA works in your body first and then we'll talk

about how the vaccines work because you need to understand first some basic science.

So in your cells within the nucleus, you have your DNA.

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