Vaccines that resemble viruses generally produce a stronger immune response, while mRNA versions are much quicker and cheaper to make. Now we are getting the best of both worlds, in the form of mRNA ...

WASHINGTON, DC: Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, recently ...

In recent years, mRNA technology enabled the rapid development of vaccines to fight COVID-19, saving millions of lives. That same mRNA-powered approach to medicine—in which synthetic mRNA is ...

A team of researchers has uncovered a key cellular mechanism that affects the function of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. Their study provides the first comprehensive understanding of how mRNA ...

We asked experts about how the technology works, its safety and its potential in medicine. By Nina Agrawal Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA vaccines ...

If you’ve ever administered or received a COVID-19 vaccine, chances are it was based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology — a medical breakthrough decades in the making and finally achieved thanks to ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was reported in collaboration with the Global Health Reporting Center with support from the Pulitzer Center. Vita Sara Blechner’s life changed on a Saturday afternoon. The ...

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