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I think another key takeaway is that mRNA didn't really seem to interest anyone until the pandemic came along.
by spurgu 6y ago
I think another key takeaway is that mRNA didn't really seem to interest anyone until the pandemic came along.
- karmelapple 6y agoWhen you say anyone, do you mean anyone with massive funds to finance a big effort with mRNA? Because that would also be wrong. This comment is either just wrong, or at least missing some very important context. There’s a massive amount of research about mRNA. Gene therapy, vaccines, lots more. And there was money already sunk in to have mRNA vaccines at a proof of concept stage before the pandemic. There just never was the urgency to use mRNA in a vaccine until the last 15 months. But mRNA research is all over the place, and not just in vaccines. Source: my life scientist partner Edit: Google search for RNA institute turns up lots of results at universities all over the place: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=institute%20for%20rna%20biology https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=institute%20for%20rna%...