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430. Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research?

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Medurna Is a Biotet in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Tallza is the chief medical officer at medurna, a biotet in cambridge, massachusetts. He started out in cancer research which led to drug development for firms like glaxo smith cline and senope. Now maderna has developed one of the most promising vaccines for co nineteen. It actually takes the instruction sets for part of the virus, the protein that the vars uses to attach itself to cells, and it incodes them in this messenger r n a. So when we inject the vaccine into somebody's arm, it actually causes that person's own body to make that protein - just that piece of the virus....

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