COVID-19 RNA vaccines and the critical role of lipid nanoparticles

The world urgently needs a COVID-19 vaccine, but the traditional methods of developing a vaccine take many years. RNA vaccines (mRNA vaccines) represent an exciting new approach to discovering vaccines rapidly. However, the primary challenge with RNA vaccines is how to deliver RNA to the interior of immune cells. Nanotechnology to the rescue! Lipid nanoparticles are a critical component of RNA vaccines. This video tells us the role of lipid nanoparticles in RNA delivery and how this new technology could save the day.
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