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This mRNA technology is amazing. One of the great hopes is that it may be possible to target specific cancers with great accuracy thereby saving many lives. H
by m0llusk 6y ago
This mRNA technology is amazing. One of the great hopes is that it may be possible to target specific cancers with great accuracy thereby saving many lives. Hopefully these vaccines are just a start.
- lambdasquirrel 6y agoI’m surprised there are few articles in the news about how they work, and why it’s a big deal. One of the other vaccines developed in China uses a common adenovirus as a carrier for the SARS-COV-2 genetic material and that was why it had lower efficacy. The Oxford vaccine uses some less-common adenovirus, which is somewhat better, but mRNA lets you bypass using viruses as a vector altogether.
- xiphias2 6y agoYou're right, but what matters much more is that the investors realized the potential (5x in 1 year after the correction). Moderna was on the roadmap for ARK invest for a long time (and compensated for it heavily). Now that mRNA is proven technology, it can bring all other gene technologies up with it.