Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
by amelius on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @05:02AM
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Would it be possible to use the same delivery mechanism for other mRNA sequences?
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Re:Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]
by azernik on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @08:52AM
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Almost certainly - e.g. the J&J vaccine (a DNA vaccine, not mRNA, but same principle) is using a viral delivery platform that they'd had sitting on the shelf for years and have used for other vaccines.
After the massive capex that has gone into mass-production of encapsulated mRNA delivery systems, I suspect this new technology will be very cost-competitive for the big markets like the annual flu vaccine.