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Yes We Can: South African Scientists On Their Way With mRNA Vaccine

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

South African researchers make own version of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine that uses “recipes” available in the public domain but one that is eventually expected to be “second generation” and can be more applicable to use in low- and middle-income countries. The initiative, under the wider WHO-backed mRNA vaccine technology hub, doesn’t see Moderna or BioNTech intellectual property as being a barrier.

Yes You Can
African Researchers Ready mRNA Vaccine • Source: Alamy

South African researchers may have their own Warp Speed-like mRNA COVID-19 vaccine development to talk about, albeit with a wider horizon.

Within months of accessing the requisite equipment and defying cynicism from some quarters, these researchers, under the wider World Health...

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