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mRNA

  • Bioscience-Medicine
    Summer COVID wave climbing as flu season looms
    Bonnie Petrie
    The annual summer COVID wave hasn't peaked yet, and flu season is on the way, but this year brings new options to fight back. From a prophylactic pill you can take after exposure to COVID to a faster-made mRNA flu shot, Dr. Jason Bowling of UT Health San Antonio breaks down the new options.
  • Illustration of rows of glass vials containing mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) cancer vaccines. mRNA vaccines use messenger RNA technology to instruct cells to produce antigens that trigger immune responses against cancer cells.
    Bioscience-Medicine
    mRNA: Medical miracle and political target
    Bonnie Petrie
    The same mRNA technology President Trump called a medical miracle is now under attack by his own administration, and the stakes go far beyond vaccines. TPR's Bonnie Petrie talks with two San Antonio scientists about the technology's history, its current uncertainty, and its future potential.