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Re:WHO asks South African startup to replicate Moderna's mRN... by selectodude on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:45PM (#28935310)
The nanolipid process that Moderna won't give up is literally their entire business model. You can see the literal base pairs of the mRNA vaccine in the patent. The method of getting it to cells is the entirety of the secret sauce.
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Re:WHO asks South African startup to replicate Moderna's mRN... by burkaman on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:01PM (#28935588)
Alright, in that case it would be a real sacrifice, but it's still so obviously worth it. There's very little I wouldn't sacrifice to do what Moderna could do right now. The worst case scenario seems to be that Moderna employees with "helped develop the most effective Covid vaccine on the planet" on their resumes have to get new jobs, and new treatments based on their technology are developed more quickly now that the whole world can experiment with it.
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