An influenza vaccine made of stabilized mRNA may allow vaccine design and manufacture to keep pace with viral evolution.
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Wong, SS., Webby, R. An mRNA vaccine for influenza. Nat Biotechnol 30, 1202–1204 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2439
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