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Could mRNA Overtake all other Biologicals in Medicine?

05-Jan-2016

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What if we could send the body an instruction to produce its own drug?

RNA strand seems easier to produce and characterize.

Better immune response as antigens are produced in the host cell.

Only targeted cells will express the protein.

Still major challenges to be overcome.

Three main players: Moderna, Urevac, BioNTEch

2 projects already in Phase II clinical trials.

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BioNTech

Company developing patient-specific immunotherapies for cancer.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Private land-grant research university

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Gene Therapy