Hacker News with Generative AI: mRNA Vaccines

mRNA vaccine makers are scrambling to navigate an 'existential threat' (nature.com)
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology.

mRNA Vaccines, Healthcare, Business, Technology

13 points by rntn 13 days ago | 3 comments

The disease-fighting promise of mRNA (phys.org)
In recent years, mRNA technology enabled the rapid development of vaccines to fight COVID-19, saving millions of lives.

mRNA Vaccines, COVID-19, Medicine, Science, Biotechnology

11 points by PaulHoule 31 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them to Scrub mRNA References on Grants (kffhealthnews.org)
National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.

Science, Government, Medical Research, mRNA Vaccines

15 points by jordanpg 67 days ago | 1 comments

mRNA Vaccine Shows Sustained Immune Response in Small Pancreatic Cancer Trial (mskcc.org)
An experimental approach to treating pancreatic cancer with the messenger RNA (mRNA)-based therapeutic cancer vaccine autogene cevumeran continues to show potential to stimulate an immune response that may reduce the risk of the disease returning after surgery in a small patient group.

Cancer Treatment, mRNA Vaccines, Clinical Trials

14 points by greesil 86 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists develop mRNA vaccine that protects mice against C. difficile bacteria (medicalxpress.com)
A large team of microbiologists, pathologists and infectious diseases specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has developed an mRNA vaccine that has thus far been found able to protect mice against intestinal Clostridioides difficile bacterial infections.

mRNA Vaccines, C. difficile, Infectious Diseases, Mice

7 points by geox 229 days ago | 0 comments

mRNA Cancer Vaccine Reprograms Immune System to Tackle Glioblastoma in 48 Hours (insideprecisionmedicine.com)

Cancer, mRNA Vaccines, Immune System, Glioblastoma

406 points by birriel 387 days ago | 230 comments

Moderna mRNA-4157 (V90) news for head and neck cancer patients like me (jakeseliger.com)

Moderna, mRNA Vaccines, Cancer

25 points by jseliger 406 days ago | 9 comments