The Next Frontier for mRNA Could Be Healing Damaged Organs

Damaged organs, like livers, may not need to be replaced via transplants and could instead be fixed thanks to mRNA. That’s the goal of Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, the Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research. “What we’re proposing to do with mRNA is use it to deliver proteins that have the capacity to repair those damaged liver cells,” said Weissman. His colleagues say, one day, this approach could be expanded to other organs.