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Lipid nanoparticles, and the research done around their ability to serve as transport and safety, are the real technological breakthrough here. Not to say the
by ethbr0 5y ago
Lipid nanoparticles, and the research done around their ability to serve as transport and safety, are the real technological breakthrough here.
Not to say the mRNA technology isn't amazing, but if we had it but no LNPs, we'd have a whole lot of nothing.
- _Microft 5y agoYou might be interested in this article. It is about a biochemist who invented the way to prepare these nanoparticles but was cheated out of his share of the fame and money. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2021/08/17/covids-forgotten-hero-the-untold-story-of-the-scientist-whose-breakthrough-made-the-vaccines-possible/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2021/08/17/covids-f...