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Bagdasarova D.V.

P.A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute — Branch of the National Medical Radiology Research Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia

Bolotina L.V.

P.A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute — Branch of the National Medical Radiology Research Center of Ministry of Russia

Leukhina I.A.

National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Shatalov P.A.

National Medical Research Center of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

Revkova M.A.

National Medical Research Radiological Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Veselovsky E.M.

National Medical Research Radiological Center

Karpulevich E.A.

Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Betelin V.B.

Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
Federal State Autonomous Institution Federal Scientific Center Research Institute for Systems Research of the National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”

Avetisyan A.I.

Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Pochtovyi A.A.

Federal State Budgetary Institution “National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Honorary Academician N.F. Gamaleya” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation;
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)

Gushchin V.A.

Federal State Budgetary Institution “National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Honorary Academician N.F. Gamaleya” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation;
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University);
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Lomonosov

Logunov D.Yu.

Federal State Budgetary Institution “National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Honorary Academician N.F. Gamaleya” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Gintsburg A.L.

Federal State Budgetary Institution “National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after Honorary Academician N.F. Gamaleya” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation;
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University)

Shegai P.V.

National Medical Research Radiological Centre Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation;
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education “Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia” (RUDN University)

Kaprin A.D.

P.A. Herzen Moscow Oncology Research Institute — Branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation;
National Medical Research Radiological Center of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation;
Peoples friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

mRNA technologies in treatment of oncological diseases: global experience of clinical trials and implementation in the Russian Federation

Authors:

Bagdasarova D.V., Bolotina L.V., Leukhina I.A., Shatalov P.A., Revkova M.A., Veselovsky E.M., Karpulevich E.A., Betelin V.B., Avetisyan A.I., Pochtovyi A.A., Gushchin V.A., Logunov D.Yu., Gintsburg A.L., Shegai P.V., Kaprin A.D.

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Journal: P.A. Herzen Journal of Oncology. 2025;14(6): 69‑77

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To cite this article:

Bagdasarova DV, Bolotina LV, Leukhina IA, et al. mRNA technologies in treatment of oncological diseases: global experience of clinical trials and implementation in the Russian Federation. P.A. Herzen Journal of Oncology. 2025;14(6):69‑77. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/onkolog20251406169

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