Many people first learned about mRNA vaccines during the coronavirus pandemic, when the companies Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna released their COVID-19 vaccines. The Pfizer-BioNTech shot was the first ...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, of the University of Pennsylvania, for their discovery that modifying mRNA – a form of genetic material ...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discovery that modifying mRNA — a form of genetic material your body uses to produce proteins — ...

In the fast-evolving field of medical science, a new artificial intelligence model may be about to change the way mRNA-based drugs and vaccines are designed. Developed through a collaboration between ...

3D red-and-blue SARS-CoV-2 virus against a dark-blue background. A team at the University of Washington is working to improve COVID-19 vaccines. Credit: Shutterstock Conventional mRNA vaccines, like ...

As your immunity wanes from previous infection and vaccination, the best way to protect yourself against COVID-19 is to get the new COVID vaccine. There are three currently available — is one better ...

In two experiments, researchers have found that introducing people to "mental models" about how mRNA vaccination works and ...

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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have reported early success with a novel ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. MRNA technology was thrust into the limelight during the COVID-19 pandemic, but had been in ...

Most vaccines contain an infectious pathogen or a part of it, but mRNA vaccines deliver the genetic instructions for our cells to make viral or bacterial proteins themselves. Our immune system ...