Game changer: UQ developing revolutionary new type of vaccine

Researcher Tim Mercer predicted the new $2.2 million facility, which could start producing experimental vaccines within months, would “supercharge” mRNA research in Australia.Messenger RNA jabs work in a different way to traditional vaccines.They use only the genetic code of a pathogen, rather than the entire virus or bacteria, or a fragment of the pathogen, to produce an immune response.mRNA vaccines work by using genetic material part of a pathogen, such as a viral protein. The body then…



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