Prof. G Padmanaban, Former Director, IISc, President NASI, Chancellor CUTN, NASI
Speaking during the keynote address at India for Vaccination e-Summit, the 15th Episode of HEAL-Thy Samvaad, Padma Bhushan, Prof. G Padmanaban, Former Director, IISc, President NASI, Chancellor CUTN, NASI Senior Scientist, Dept. of Biochemistry, IISc, Bangalore, Senior Science Innovation Adviser, BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, GoI said that the RNA vaccine is superior to the DNA Vaccine because mRNA goes into the cell, and the cell translates it into proteins, which are the ones that the organism sees and induces the immune response. With a DNA vaccine, the virus’ genetic information is transmitted to another molecule that is called the messenger RNA (mRNA). There shouldn’t be any vaccination hesitancy.