Moderna’s new mRNA vaccine could improve flu protection, but the holy grail is a universal vaccine.

What is an RNA vaccine? RNA vaccines, or messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, are a relatively new type of vaccine that delivers mRNA molecules to human cells, instructing them to produce specific antigens. 1 In the case of viral mRNA vaccines, the mRNA sequence ...

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Individualized vaccines are built from resected tumor, using analytics to prioritize neoantigens most likely to be immunogenic, then encoding these targets into an mRNA construct tailored to each patient. A “response” is typically defined by a robust ...

Artificial intelligence isn't just being used to optimise productivity or complete the annoying tasks that we'd rather not do. Scientists have developed what they describe as the world's first AI-designed vaccine. So, how does it work? And what does it mean?

The advent of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the Nobel Prize–winning technology is being adapted to fight cancer, with mRNA vaccines in clinical trials for melanoma, small-cell lung cancer and ...

mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during COVID-19 but have limitations like waning immunity and complex production. Scientists are now testing a new platform called DoriVac, which uses folded DNA nanostructures to better control how the immune system ...