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Re:BioNTech CEO applies Covid-19 vaccine's mRNA tech to mult... by Cu3PO42 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:18PM (#25752892)
They were working on applying mRNA technology to other diseases, including (and in particular) cancer, well before the pandemic. While it is true that they have received significant funding this year, they had a $7.6B market cap on Dec 31, 2019 and were already conducting several clinical studies for mRNA-based medicine [1].

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20200128054759/https://biontech....

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Re:BioNTech CEO applies Covid-19 vaccine's mRNA tech to mult... by stanford_labrat on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:40PM (#25754203)
Smaller companies here in the bay area as well, see: Rejuvenation Tech.
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Re:BioNTech CEO applies Covid-19 vaccine's mRNA tech to mult... by aledalgrande on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @06:10PM (#25755313)
Moderna is too.
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