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Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does CRISPR help the development of the vaccines in any way?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My understanding is that that's what's used to extract the targeted protein marker from the virus genome, so not only does it help, it's a key component in developing an mRNA vaccine.