New research challenges understanding of mRNA vaccines and establishes innovative way to make them more effective
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Oct-2026 07:15 ET (29-Oct-2026 11:15 GMT/UTC)
A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai overturns a longstanding assumption about how mRNA vaccines generate immunity, revealing that certain non-immune cells help determine vaccine effectiveness. The study, published in the April 29, 2026 online issue of Nature Biotechnology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-026-03099-z], also introduces a powerful and versatile technology to control the expression of mRNA drugs, which the researchers demonstrate can enhance the effectiveness of mRNA cancer vaccines in preclinical studies of lymphoma. The findings provide a new framework for designing mRNA vaccines and mRNA therapeutics, with immediate implications for cancer immunotherapy, infectious disease vaccines, and gene-editing treatments.
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