(I have not taken a biology class since high school so please bear with me if this is a stupid question)
For this treatment to work in people, does the targeting peptide have to be tailored specifically for the individual receiving the treatment, or is mostly universal?
> Federal support for mRNA vaccine research appears in jeopardy after KFF Health News reported Sunday that officials at the National Institutes of Health have directed scientists to remove all references to the lifesaving technology from their grant applications. All such research is now under direct scrutiny from health secretary and long-time anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
There is a point to be made in favor of political stability.
One of the great things in Ireland is the list-based voting that punishes extreme viewpoints and policies. OTOH, sometimes we need politicians willing to make unpopular choices, and our system makes that more difficult.
China, IIRC, has a different concept, one where a person can't be a candidate to a position more than one level higher than the highest one they were previously elected for. This prevents anomalies like Trump, and seems to be a very sensible approach (if coupled with a couple extra freedoms and multiple parties).
I don't know if I did the right thing when I stopped posting research articles here involving mice rather than humans. All I know is that I got tired of always seeing
(I have not taken a biology class since high school so please bear with me if this is a stupid question)
For this treatment to work in people, does the targeting peptide have to be tailored specifically for the individual receiving the treatment, or is mostly universal?
I suppose we'll have to hope researchers overseas complete the work.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/federal-funding-for-m...
> Federal support for mRNA vaccine research appears in jeopardy after KFF Health News reported Sunday that officials at the National Institutes of Health have directed scientists to remove all references to the lifesaving technology from their grant applications. All such research is now under direct scrutiny from health secretary and long-time anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Chinese scientists under the steadfast leadership of the communist party of China will gladly undertake this important scientific research.
There is a point to be made in favor of political stability.
One of the great things in Ireland is the list-based voting that punishes extreme viewpoints and policies. OTOH, sometimes we need politicians willing to make unpopular choices, and our system makes that more difficult.
China, IIRC, has a different concept, one where a person can't be a candidate to a position more than one level higher than the highest one they were previously elected for. This prevents anomalies like Trump, and seems to be a very sensible approach (if coupled with a couple extra freedoms and multiple parties).
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The only 2 countries on Earth - USA and China.
You don't have to choose between oligarchy and communism. There's normal countries out there.
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That’s research. Which they are defunding.
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How? What are we pursuing in this area?
I don't know if I did the right thing when I stopped posting research articles here involving mice rather than humans. All I know is that I got tired of always seeing
>in mice
as the top comment.
Science and AAAS are killers?
That's how I read the headline at first.
so how long until clinical deployment?
in mice