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		maxerickson on Dec 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: mRNA's next challenge: Will it work as a drug? Pfizer worked with BioNTech, not Moderna. Moderna's vaccine is a great deal easier to store than the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine (requires 'normal' freezers for storage, can be at refrigerator temperatures for a longer period).

denimnerd42 on Dec 18, 2020 [–]

BioNTech and Moderna both have links to Katalin Kariko so while they didn't explicitly work together on this the knowledge comes from similar research and sources.

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