Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of life's most versatile molecules, with roles going far beyond being a messenger of genetic ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is central to gene regulation, but accurately simulating its folding is a long-standing challenge in computational biology. In a recent study, Associate Professor Tadashi Ando ...

Vaccines that resemble viruses generally produce a stronger immune response, while mRNA versions are much quicker and cheaper to make. Now we are getting the best of both worlds, in the form of mRNA ...

A research team led by Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) member Hua Wang has published new research detailing a new mRNA cancer vaccine platform. The study introduces an immune cell homing ...

Since 1965, messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have been studied for cancer treatment, but it was the technological advances in vaccines during the COVID pandemic that helped accelerate research. Currently ...

An mRNA vaccine developed by researchers from Japan suppressed abnormal blood vessel growth or neovascularization in the retina of mouse models. Neovascularization is a condition that is caused by age ...

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled $500 million of funding for research on mRNA vaccine technology. He's seen here at a Sept. 4, 2025, hearing before the Senate Finance ...

A little less than a year after targeting Moderna in an mRNA vaccine patent lawsuit, GSK is widening the scope of its litigation by throwing its rival’s next-generation COVID-19 shot into the fold. In ...

The United States recently took a dangerous step backward in its pursuit of lifesaving cures and pandemic preparedness. The Department of Health and Human Services shut down 22 federally funded mRNA ...

Dr. Bright is a virologist and a former head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. In early 2020, when the first genetic sequence of the new coronavirus was posted online, ...