In two experiments, researchers have found that introducing people to "mental models" about how mRNA vaccination works and ...

RNA, widely known from the COVID-19 vaccine, is not actually a "therapeutic agent," but a technology that delivers the ...

A graduate student from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is poised to commercialize a new technology for improving the cost-effectiveness of mRNA manufacture. Nathan Stover is working ...

Correcting misinformation after it has gone viral is a common way of informing the public that what they've encountered may ...

Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology came of age during COVID-19 with several vaccines and therapeutics coming to market. However, since the height of the pandemic, the flow of new mRNA-based products has ...

Researchers found that using mental models—visual, verbal, or animated—helps people understand mRNA vaccination science, counter misconceptions, and reduce misinformation spread.

Much of the research into α-synuclein, the major component of Lewy bodies in Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, focuses on its role in synaptic vesicles and membranes. But could other ...

A new synthesis method offers hope for creation of advance mRNA vaccines to fight viruses and even cancers. Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have developed a new chemical-only process that ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have reported early success with a novel ...