A New Technology Hiding in Covid Vaccines

Prognosis: Breakthrough

• Episode: A New Technology Hiding in Covid Vaccines
• Website: Prognosis: Breakthrough
• Feed URL: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/BLM8995439705
• Duration: 00:16:52
• Published: 2020-12-23 21:34

The approved COVID-19 vaccines developed by Moderna and the Pfizer and BioNTech partnership use genetic material called messenger RNA to effectively transform the body’s own cells into vaccine factories. This approach is a first for vaccines. It relies on decades of clinical research into whether messenger RNA technology can be used to treat a broad range of ailments, from cancer to the seasonal flu. Naomi Kresge explores whether the validation of this breakthrough technology during COVID-19 could bring about a whole new field of medicine. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com