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Drugs of the future will be easier and faster to make, thanks to mRNA – after researchers work out a few remaining kinks

  • Written by Li Li, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
imageTwo hurdles mRNA drugs face are a short half-life and impurities that trigger immune responses.BlackJack3D/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Vaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from diseases worldwide for centuries. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine development was still a long and idiosyncratic process....

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