mRNA therapeutics revolutionize disease treatment

The field of mRNA therapeutics is exploding, setting unprecedented advancements in medicine — as well as the prospect of superhuman immunity to future viruses. Two years ago, mRNA therapeutics were unheard of outside of the lab of mRNA pioneer Dr. Anna Blakney, a now TikTok famous bioengineering professor from the University of British Columbia. But the pandemic has skyrocketed mRNA vaccines into the mainstream as a safer and faster vaccine than traditional vaccine development. Researchers posit that mRNA therapeutics could help in eradicating cancers, HIV, tropical diseases, and even provide mere mortals with a level of “exceptionally powerful” immunity, according to The New England Journal of Medicine.

 
 

Thanks to coronavirus vaccines, mRNA therapeutics are in the public consciousness, popularizing medical experts and raising hopes for unprecedented treatments for a variety of diseases.