mRNA: A fast and precise platform for new drugs and vaccines

All the equipment used to produce mRNA vaccines are easily portable, resulting in its manufacturing footprint being small. — Moderna

Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), long a part of college biology textbooks, entered the public limelight with a vengeance with the development of the first Covid-19 vaccines in 2020.

As an essential component of the body’s protein-building mechanism, mRNA is a normal part of our cells – and indeed, in the cells of all living organisms on Earth.