'We didn't have help from the major Covid vaccine producers, so we did it ourselves.'
, South African scientists' effort to produce an mRNA vaccine using Moderna's shot as a model began in late September, with a team at the University of the Witwaterstrand in Johannesburg taking"the lead on executing the first step: making a DNA molecule that would serve as a template to synthesize the mRNA needed in the vaccine."
"During this period, having heard about plans to mimic Moderna's shot, scientists from around the world sent Afrigen researchers e-mails offering assistance,"reported."Some of them were researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health who had conducted foundational work on mRNA vaccines.
Afrigen said it has agreed to train researchers in Argentina and Brazil on how to make the mRNA vaccine, and the company"expects to get more on board within the next month,"There is also the future possibility of Moderna attempting to take legal action over Afrigen's use of the corporation's vaccine sequence.
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