mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna fare better against COVID-19 variants of concern
A comparison of four COVID-19 vaccinations shows that messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna — perform better against ...
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Using mRNA delivery to improve muscle strength
Mutations that lead to muscle atrophy can be repaired with the gene editor CRISPR-Cas9. A team led by ECRC researcher ...
Trial of innovative HIV vaccine using mRNA technology enrolls first participant
SEATTLE (Mar. 14, 2022) – The first 12 study participants have been enrolled in a new Phase 1 clinical trial ...
NIH launches trial to study allergic reactions to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) are conducting a clinical trial designed to help understand ...
THE LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES: Large U.S. study confirms most mRNA COVID-19 vaccine side effects are mild and temporary
Peer-reviewed/Meta-analysis/People More than 298 million mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in the USA within the first six months of ...
Blueprint for proteins: How mRNA gets its final shape
Proteins need to interact in a complex manner for a so-called "messenger RNA" (mRNA) to be created in human cells ...
First study to show waning effectiveness of 3rd dose of mRNA vaccines
INDIANAPOLIS -- A nationwide study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the first to show ...
mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are safe for people with cancer according to new study in JNCCN
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — New research in the February 2022 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network confirms ...
Three doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are very effective in protecting against emergency department visits and hospitalizations associated with Omicron and Delta variations of the virus
INDIANAPOLIS – A nationwide study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that mRNA booster shots ...
Yale researchers track the lifespan and myriad functions of mRNA
New Haven, Conn. — It took a global pandemic, but the critical role of messenger RNA in all of life’s ...
UMass Amherst researcher to join international team looking to revolutionize mRNA vaccines and therapeutics
AMHERST, Mass. – Craig Martin, professor of chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will lead a UMass team that ...
Vaccine-like mRNA injection can be used to make CAR T cells in the body
PHILADELPHIA—An experimental immunotherapy can temporarily reprogram patients’ immune cells to attack a specific target via only a single injection of ...
Singapore scientists awarded prestigious Wellcome Leap R3 Programme contract for development of mRNA technology
A team of researchers from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Institute of Bioengineering and Bioimaging (IBB), together with ...
mRNA vaccines highly effective at preventing death from COVID-19, less effective at preventing infection
1. mRNA vaccines highly effective at preventing death from COVID-19, less effective at preventing infection Abstract: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-3256 URL goes live ...
Mayo Clinic research finds immune system responds to mRNA treatment for cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. ― Adding messenger RNA, or mRNA therapy improves the response to cancer immunotherapy in patients who weren't responding ...
Experimental mRNA HIV vaccine safe, shows promise in animals
An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA—the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines—shows promise in mice ...
Catch me if you can: how mRNA therapeutics are delivered into cells
Credit: Marino Zerial / MPI-CBG DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) contains the genetic information required for the development and maintenance of life. ...
Delaying second dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine produces stronger immune response
The first peer-reviewed study in North America examining the timing between the first and second doses of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines ...
Flu virus shells could improve delivery of mRNA into cells
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new and potentially more effective way to deliver messenger ...
Oncotarget: BRCA1 mRNA expression in breast and colorectal cancer
Oncotarget published "Opposing effects of BRCA1 mRNA expression on patient survival in breast and colorectal cancer and variations among African American, ...
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