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MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new agreement between Promega Corporation and the RNA & Formulation Core at the University of British Columbia will enable the facility to manufacture and distribute ...

Moderna is launching a large-scale clinical trial of a shot to combat bird flu in humans after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department had canceled hundreds of millions ...

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The modification of lipid nanoparticles with aromatic rings and disulfide bonds enhances mRNA vaccine delivery. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (PA, USA) have modified lipid ...

Lipid nanoparticles have become the workhorse of mRNA vaccines, ferrying genetic cargo into cells so the immune system can learn to recognize a threat. But most LNPs don’t travel where vaccine ...

Penn Engineers have redesigned a key component of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the delivery vehicles behind mRNA vaccines, to steer the particles toward lymph nodes while reducing off-target delivery ...

Researchers hold models of the aromatic rings they added to lipid nanoparticles, which could reduce the dosage mRNA vaccines need to achieve immunity. Penn Engineers have redesigned a key component of ...

Penn Engineers have redesigned a key component of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the delivery vehicles behind mRNA vaccines, to steer the particles toward lymph nodes while reducing off-target delivery ...

Scientists are making rapid progress toward a long-awaited goal that could help to reshape cancer care: mRNA cancer vaccines with the potential to significantly boost the immune system’s ability to ...