Playing God, my dad and others.

Yes, messenger RNA (mRNA) is different from DNA because mRNA contains the sugar ribose instead of deoxyribose, uses the base uracil (U) instead of thymine (T), and is typically single-stranded, while DNA is double-stranded. While DNA serves as the stable, long-term genetic blueprint, mRNA is a single-stranded copy of a gene that carries instructions from the DNA to the ribosomes to build proteins.