
4 We speculate that, following the vaccine administration, lipid nanoparticles containing the vaccine mRNA are carried to mammary glands via hematogenous and/or lymphatic routes. In rats, up to 3 days following intramuscular administration, low vaccine mRNA levels were detected in the heart, lung, testis, and brain tissues, indicating tissue biodistribution. Little has been reported on lipid nanoparticle biodistribution and localization in human tissues after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. These data demonstrate for the first time to our knowledge the biodistribution of COVID-19 vaccine mRNA to mammary cells and the potential ability of tissue EVs to package the vaccine mRNA that can be transported to distant cells. The sporadic presence and trace quantities of COVID-19 vaccine mRNA detected in EBM suggest that breastfeeding after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination is safe, particularly beyond 48 hours after vaccination.


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Once your immune system recognizes the S proteins, it creates antibodies and defensive white blood cells. This type of COVID-19 vaccine contains harmless S proteins. Subunit vaccines include only the parts of a virus that best stimulate your immune system. AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford also have a vector COVID-19 vaccine.

The Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is a vector vaccine. Viral vector vaccines can't cause you to become infected with the COVID-19 virus or the viral vector virus. Once your cells display the S proteins on their surfaces, your immune system responds by creating antibodies and defensive white blood cells. The viral vector gives your cells instructions to make copies of the COVID-19 S protein. In this type of vaccine, material from the COVID-19 virus is placed in a modified version of a different virus (viral vector). Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines use mRNA. The mRNA in the vaccine doesn’t enter the nucleus of the cell, where DNA is kept. Once the protein pieces are made, the cells break down the instructions and get rid of them.
