"The idea this pandemic will be dealt with by a mixture of rich country charity and corporate goodwill is such nonsense," said one global justice advocate. "People's Vaccine now."
New messenger RNA vaccines to fight the coronavirus are based on a technology that could transform medicine. Next up: sickle cell and HIV.
The radical future unleashed by the genetics and biotechnology revolutions has already begun. It's up to us to start shaping it.
Research conducted 20 years ago by a former NJIT dean is being put to new use in the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.
By giving the immune system a preview of the most critical part of the virus without causing disease, the vaccine gives the immune system time to design powerful antibodies that can neutralize the real virus.
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