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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 ...
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Moderna, an mRNA specialist known for its COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax, is winding down development of three clinical mRNA programs, including two investigational vaccines for infectious diseases. The ...