This technology allows for the rapid and efficient production of high-fidelity synthetic DNA without the use of living cells. The resulting DNA can be used in the manufacturing of various ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

By casting doubt about the promise of mRNA tech, RFK Jr. is slowing progress toward highly effective therapies that could ...

As Florida lawmakers prepare legislation to roll back vaccine mandates, the surgeon general has floated the idea of going one step further – banning mRNA vaccines. Medical experts say that it has ...

If you think last week's decision by the federal government to halt $500 million in funding for vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology will only affect COVID vaccines, think again.

NEW YORK -- When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were more than 90% effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci had no words. He texted ...

Researchers at IBM and Moderna have successfully used a quantum simulation algorithm to predict the complex secondary protein structure of a 60-nucleotide-long mRNA sequence, the longest ever ...

Dr. Sarah Boyd, an infectious disease specialist with Saint Luke's Health System, told KCUR that federal cuts to mRNA research and development could cause a setback in pandemic preparedness. Last week ...

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US Government cuts to mRNA vaccine research could set technological advances, reduce access to therapies, and raise their costs. mRNA vaccines are credited with helping to end the COVID-19 pandemic ...