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This may be true, but isn't vaccine fundamentally a delivery mechanism for a custom mRNA strand? If you build up the infrastructure you could quickly deliver a
by tmzt 6y ago
This may be true, but isn't vaccine fundamentally a delivery mechanism for a custom mRNA strand?
If you build up the infrastructure you could quickly deliver a vaccine for another disease or practically any genetic therapy that could be delivered the same way. Moderna also has an advantage in that the logistics required are simpler.
- ch4s3 6y agoThe mixing step ins't transferable. I'm not super familiar with micro fluid mixing, but it happens on specially created glass plates with channels as narrow as a molecule wide. They's essentially single purpose physical process microchips. Constructing them is a (maybe the) bottle neck. Apparently you can count on both hands the number of people who know how to build these things.
- tmzt 6y agoInteresting. Are these channels related to length (in bases) of certain components? What is the basis for saying the vaccine were developed "in a day" if this crucial, specific step was required? Are there good sources with details on those steps and microfluidic chips?