Vaccination

AstraZeneca withdraws Covid vaccine as demand dives

Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday said it was withdrawing COVID vaccine Vaxzevria, one of the first produced in the deadly pandemic, citing "commercial reasons" following a slump in demand.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers develop more broadly protective coronavirus vaccine

Scientists have been searching for the optimal coronavirus vaccine since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The mRNA vaccines developed through the federal government's "Operation Warp Speed" program were a massive innovation; ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Unlocking how to use mRNA to target Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at The Florey have developed an mRNA technology approach to target the toxic protein tau, which builds up in patients with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

Medical research

How to make mRNA therapeutics safe from the start

The success of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 has unleashed a flood of interest in using the technology to create more vaccines and treatments for everything from rare diseases and infections to cancer.

Oncology & Cancer

mRNA therapeutic successfully combats ovarian cancer in mice

Each year, several thousand women in Germany die from ovarian cancer. In many cases, the disease is only detected when it is very advanced and metastases have already formed—usually in the intestines, abdomen or lymph nodes. ...

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