• macarthur_park@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Maybe the sole silver lining to the Covid pandemic was the rapid acceleration in demonstrating the safety and efficacy of mRNA-based vaccines. This technology has been in development for decades - which is why a Covid vaccine could be formulated so quickly - but the timescale for demonstrating real world success would have been much, much longer without the pressure of a global pandemic.

    It’s exciting to see mRNA vaccines being tested to treat or prevent currently incurable diseases like HIV and certain cancers.