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> BioNTech an epitope vaccine I think BioNTech's vaccine is also an mRNA vaccine. https://biontech.de/covid-19 https://biontech.de/covid-19 > Our vaccine con
by rrss 6y ago
> BioNTech an epitope vaccine
I think BioNTech's vaccine is also an mRNA vaccine.
https://biontech.de/covid-19 https://biontech.de/covid-19
> Our vaccine consists of a short segment of genetic material, called messenger RNA, that provides instructions for a human cell to make a harmless version of a target protein, or immunogen, which activates the body’s immune response against the SARS-CoV-2 virus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNT162b2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNT162b2
- jl2718 6y agoOh interesting. I’ve been following their cancer neo-epitope vaccine research and didn’t notice this was a different process.