RNA Technologies Expand Tool Kit for Cancer Immunotherapy

Elie Dolgin • October 1, 2019

Multiple companies are pursuing mRNA-based medicines that harness the body's protein-making machinery to transform lab-synthesized nucleotides into cancer-associated antigens, in the case of vaccines, or immune-stimulating molecules, in the case of therapeutics. Several candidates from BioNTech and Moderna have shown promise in early-stage testing.

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