What is an RNA vaccine? RNA vaccines, or messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, are a relatively new type of vaccine that delivers mRNA molecules to human cells, instructing them to produce specific antigens.

COVID-19 vaccines lower the risk of getting sick, seriously ill or dying from the disease. But how do the different types of COVID-19 vaccines work? Each COVID-19 vaccine causes the immune system to ...

Vaccines are an important part of preventive care, yet many patients continue to have questions about how vaccines work, when they should be received, and what to expect during the vaccination process ...

In a reward-free touchscreen game, Japanese macaques favored a button that made a puppet pop up in somewhat unpredictable spots, like curious humans. Six zoo orangutans heard laughter before learning ...

Professor Jeremy Sanford chairs the Department of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology and co-directs the RNA Center at UC Santa Cruz. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the first ...

Parents often ask why a child who has received oral polio drops also needs an injectable polio vaccine. They may also wonder ...

A vaccine combined with Keytruda is associated with a 49% reduction in the risk of recurrence or death. Among patients with advanced melanoma, long-term data have shown that a personalized mRNA cancer ...

Vaccines have traditionally worked by teaching the immune system to recognize a specific virus or bacterium—in effect, showing it a wanted poster for a single suspect. But what if one vaccine could ...

Artificial intelligence isn't just being used to optimise productivity or complete the annoying tasks that we'd rather not do. Scientists have developed what they describe as the world's first ...

The promising new vaccine reduced the risk of melanoma returning by 42%. A UVA Health researcher explains why the results ...