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ReviewBiomolecules2023

Enabling mRNA Therapeutics: Current Landscape and Challenges in Manufacturing.

Maryam Youssef, Cynthia Hitti, Julia Puppin Chaves Fulber, Amine A Kamen

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Review in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. New approach methodologies (NAMs) for preclinical and translational evaluation of mRNA-lipid nanoparticle (LNP) therapeutics.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
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  7. Reprogramming CD22 CAR-T cells in vivo using CD8-targeted mRNA-LNPs to treat hematological malignancies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  15. RNA variation as the driver of genomic efficiency and phenotypic complexity.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maryam YoussefDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0001-7334-3296
Cynthia HittiDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0009-0002-8734-6401
Julia Puppin Chaves FulberDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4272-0519
Amine A KamenDepartment of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9110-8815
McGill University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances and discoveries in the structure and role of mRNA as well as novel lipid-based delivery modalities have enabled the advancement of mRNA therapeutics into the clinical trial space. The manufacturing of these products is relatively simple and eliminates many of the challenges associated with cell culture production of viral delivery systems for gene and cell therapy applications, allowing rapid production of mRNA for personalized treatments, cancer therapies, protein replacement and gene editing. The success of mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the immense potential of this technology as a vaccination platform, but there are still particular challenges to establish mRNA as a widespread therapeutic tool. Immunostimulatory byproducts can pose a barrier for chronic treatments and different production scales may need to be considered for these applications. Moreover, long-term storage of mRNA products is notoriously difficult. This review provides a detailed overview of the manufacturing steps for mRNA therapeutics, including sequence design, DNA template preparation, mRNA production and formulation, while identifying the challenges remaining in the dose requirements, long-term storage and immunotolerance of the product.

Indexed as

COVID-19PandemicsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell Culture TechniquesHumansRNA, MessengerRNA, Messengerin vitro transcriptionlipid nanoparticlesmRNA manufacturingmRNA therapeutics

Identifiers

PMID37892179
PMCPMC10604719
OpenAlexW4387459850

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Registered trials

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