The secrets of the Moderna vaccine are there for all to see, they run about two pages.
Stanford scientists saved drops of the COVID-19 vaccine destined for the garbage can, reverse engineered them, and have posted the mRNA sequence that powers the vaccine on GitHub for all to see.
Sorry for being a party pooper but science journalism is once again being science journalism, and I can never let it slide because journalists like this make me want to tear my fucking face off:
They haven't "reverse engineered" a vaccine, they've identified and shared segments of the genetic sequence of two particular types of synthetic RNA which are becoming more prevalent in the population as vaccines are rolled out. It's going to be useful for the community sure and HUGE props to the Stanford team for sharing this to github, but for now it's mainly going to be useful on the analysis of biomedical data side of things.
(sorry again for being a party pooper, but it's my job in a world of truly DOGSHIT science journalists)
Sorry for being a party pooper but science journalism is once again being science journalism, and I can never let it slide because journalists like this make me want to tear my fucking face off:
They haven't "reverse engineered" a vaccine, they've identified and shared segments of the genetic sequence of two particular types of synthetic RNA which are becoming more prevalent in the population as vaccines are rolled out. It's going to be useful for the community sure and HUGE props to the Stanford team for sharing this to github, but for now it's mainly going to be useful on the analysis of biomedical data side of things.
(sorry again for being a party pooper, but it's my job in a world of truly DOGSHIT science journalists)
:kitty-cri-screm: pls make it stop
appreciate this clarification from someone who has no idea otherwise :rat-salute: