The scientist, who with a collaborator invented and developed the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that is the basis for Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines, embodies the textbook ...

American Drew Weissman, Hungarian Katalin Karikó win 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine for mRNA research behind "the unprecedented rate" of COVID-19 vaccine development.

General structure of the mRNA vaccine, 3D rendered. Credit: KwangSoo Kim. The COVID pandemic ramped up research and helped ...

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are the first authorized vaccines in history to use mRNA technology. The pandemic might've set the stage for their debut, but mRNA vaccines have ...

RFK Jr. recently made major cuts to mRNA vaccine development research, questioning their safety. Should you still get the ...

Clinicians will start rolling up their sleeves in just a few weeks to get their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines, both of which use mRNA technology to induce an immune response. For those who want ...

US Health and Human Services is “winding down” its mRNA vaccine development and will instead fund other vaccine platforms ...

HHS' decision "could stagnate research that has the potential to save millions of lives," writes Simon Williams.