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The world’s first mRNA vaccine for deadly bacteria

For the first time in the world a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that...

10 March, 2023

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Researchers test mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine

An experimental vaccine provided broad protection against all 20 known influenza A and B virus subtypes in initial tests in mice and ferrets, potentially opening a pathway to a universal flu shot that might help prevent...

26 November, 2022

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China’s hope for homegrown mRNA vaccine holds back nation

China has not been using the kind of COVID-19 vaccine that has proven to offer the best protection against the virus. The country is working through its biggest coronavirus outbreak yet without a tool it could have...

27 May, 2022

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ECDC and EMA issue advice on fourth doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and EMA’s COVID-19 task force (ETF) have concluded that it is too early to consider using a fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer’s Comirnaty and...

7 April, 2022

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Trials start of mRNA vaccine for HIV

First steps towards protection from the many and variable viral strains Volunteers in the US recently received the first experimental doses of a new type of HIV vaccine. Using Moderna’s mRNA platform, the vaccine has...

11 February, 2022

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