Medical research

Messenger RNA: How it works in nature and in making vaccines

Vaccines have long been an integral part of public health programs around the world, reducing the spread and severity of infectious diseases. The success of immunization strategies to protect children from diseases like polio, ...

Vaccination

France's Sanofi expands mRNA drive with US firm purchase

France's pharmaceutical giant Sanofi, which has lagged behind rivals in developing new generation mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, on Tuesday said it has purchased a US firm specialising in the technology.

Medical research

Vaccines from BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna can be combined

More people in Norway are being offered a vaccine from the drug manufacturer Moderna for their second dose, even though they received a vaccine from BioNTech / Pfizer for their first dose. Combining vaccines provides similar ...

Medical research

Gene expression mechanism may have immunity, cancer implications

Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is an RNA processing mechanism that regulates gene expression by generating different ends on RNA transcripts of the same gene. Though it affects more than half of human genes, the significance ...

Pediatrics

No sign of COVID-19 vaccine in breast milk

Messenger RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were not detected in human milk, according to a small study by UC San Francisco, providing early evidence that the vaccine mRNA is not transferred to the infant.

Vaccination

Expert discusses rapid mRNA vaccine production

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the successful advancement of mRNA vaccine technology. This has however left many people wondering how it is mRNA vaccines were developed so quickly. Bill Anderson, professor emeritus ...

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