Day: December 13, 2021

The mRNA vaccine revolution is just beginning

The mRNA vaccine revolution is just beginning

It is the molecule that your own cells use to carry instructions from your genes, written in a simple four-letter chemical language. “It seemed too good to be true. No respiratory vaccine has ever had that kind of efficacy.” Modern vaccines often stretch out past a decade of development. BioNTech – and US-based Moderna, shattered that conventional timeline. Neither company was a household name before the pandemic. There are at least six mRNA vaccines against flu in the pipeline, and a similar number against HIV. Nipah, Zika, herpes, dengue, hepatitis and malaria have all been announced.