VaccinesThe story of mRNA vaccines dates back to the early 1990s, when Hungarian-born researcher Katalin Kariko of the University of Pennsylvania started testing mRNA technology as a form of gene therapy. Since scientists started focusing on the threat of a pandemic caused by a new influenza or coronavirus, they've recognized the promise of mRNA vaccines for quickly turning around a pandemic vaccine. Researchers have also studied mRNA vaccines to fight Ebola, Zika, rabies and cytomegalovirus. Other potential vaccines include malaria, tuberculosis and rare viruses such as Nipah virus, Weissman said -- all made more possible by the mRNA technology. CancerAnother obvious use for mRNA technology is to fight cancer.

Source: CNN June 01, 2021 11:15 UTC