The US against RNA: how did it end? 

Last spring, we reported on the possible fall from grace of messenger RNA technology within the US administration. This was despite the Nobel Prize awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, and despite the millions of lives saved by RNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, how did it end? 

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Is RNA unwelcome? Let’s hope it’s a misunderstanding

source: Nature Biotechnology

Rumor has it that RNA has fallen out of favor politically, presumably as a key molecule for vaccines against Covid, making it an unwelcome symbol to the U.S. administration in the era of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump. According to reports, U.S. researchers have been advised to specifically remove references to messenger RNA from research projects competing for public funding.

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