The Tangled History of mRNA Vaccines Hundreds of scientists had worked on mRNA vaccines for decades before the coronavirus pandemic brought a breakthrough. In late 1987, Robert Malone performed a landmark experiment. He mixed strands of messenger RNA with droplets of fat, to create a kind of molecular stew. Human cells bathed in this genetic…
COVID Vaccines Show No Signs of Harming Fertility or Sexual Function The novel coronavirus, in contrast, can disrupt both things in unvaccinated men and women By Emily Willingham on August 24, 2021 Rumors and myths about COVID-19 vaccine effects on all aspects of reproduction and sexual functioning have spread like a Delta variant of viral…
‘Breakthrough’ Infections Do Not Mean COVID Vaccines Are Failing Getting flu again postinoculation is more common than a return case after a COVID shot By Emily Willingham on August 4, 2021 Endless news cycles and viral social media warn of “breakthrough infections” in people already vaccinated for COVID-19. These reports leave the mistaken…
What Immunity to COVID-19 Really Means
Quest to use CRISPR against disease gains ground As the first clinical-trial results trickle in, researchers look ahead to more sophisticated medical applications for genome editing. Heidi Ledford The prospect of using the popular genome-editing tool CRISPR to treat a host of diseases in people is moving closer to reality. Medical applications of…
Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published. Research funders from France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and eight other European nations have unveiled a radical open-access initiativethat could change the face of science publishing in two years — and which…
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