So far, most vaccines in the US are mRNA vaccines. These represent a new technology and are likely to take over the vaccine world. But how do they work? What are their weaknesses? Five experts explain ...

In 1980, something incredible happened. Smallpox, a serious infectious disease, was declared eradicated in humans by the World Health Assembly. Once killing three in 10 people who contracted it, ...

Few medical advances in recent memory have sparked as much controversy as COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA (messenger RNA). Currently, there are two such vaccines, from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

Scientists dropped everything to focus on a COVID-19 vaccine. Its success will change the future of medicine (Frauke Bönsch) In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the novel coronavirus was ...

Australia will soon be able to manufacture its own mRNA vaccines from a purpose-built facility in Melbourne. Supervising producer of the national video team. Former features and weekender writer for ...

Two scientists who met at a copy machine and worked for decades in obscurity were awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for research that led to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a massive allocation of resources towards producing solutions, from identifying life-saving medications, tracking how the virus spreads and ultimately to preventing ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and that could be used to develop other shots in ...

A new study published in Nature suggests that the coronavirus and mRNA vaccines, originally designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, could help make certain cancer treatments more effective.