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Coronavirus: a new type of vaccine using RNA could help defeat COVID-19

  • Written by Sanjay Mishra, Postdoctoral Scholar of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. NIAID-RML

A century ago, on July 26, 1916, a viral disease swept through New York. Within 24 hours, new cases of polio increased by more than 68%. The outbreak killed more than 2,000 people in New York City alone....

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