Claim: The mRNA Covid-19 vaccines are gene therapy.
Fact-check: Andrew Bridgen wrong to call mRNA vaccines gene therapy - Full Fact
Verdict: gene therapy involves making deliberate changes to a patient's dna to treat a genetic condition. while mrna vaccines involve genetic material they don't change the recipient's dna or enter the cell's nucleus where the genome is.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2023-01-12T00:00:00