On: It took two days to develop Moderna’s vaccine

[opwieurposiu]

1. In 40 years, there have only been 20 protein drugs approved.

2. Yes the cells go back to to normal after the mRNA degrades. The mRNA does not last long, it is like data in ram vs data on a hard drive.

See this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4-DMKNT7xI

[rd → opwieurposiu]

Why have there only been 20 protein drugs approved?

[ur-whale → opwieurposiu]

Wow, this video is really good.

[refurb → opwieurposiu]

20 protein drugs? mAbs are proteins and hundreds of those have been approved.

[_Microft → refurb]

mAb = monoclonal antibody

[boublepop → _Microft]

Yes, and to be clear, antibodies are a subset of proteins.