Why it would be utter madness to stop funding mRNA vaccine technology
It's not a just a revolutionary and safe vaccine technology – mRNA could help make the best and most expensive drugs in the world affordable for everyone
This week, researchers in the US were told to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications to the National Institutes of Health. It is thought this move could be a precursor to a halt in US government funding of this kind of biomedical research, which could have a wider chilling effect on research into this promising area.
That would be a massive misstep, for not only are mRNA vaccines proving their worth for treating cancer as well as preventing all kinds of infectious diseases, the technology behind them could lead to better and much cheaper treatments for just about any disease you can think of.
mRNA vaccine technology is already under attack in the US. At the state level, there are numerous proposed anti-mRNA laws, ranging from bans on mRNA covid-19 vaccines to blanket bans on all mRNA vaccines. In Texas alone, there are eight proposed anti-mRNA bills, a spokesperson for mRNA vaccine company Moderna told New Scientist.
