mRNA Research

an irrigation field with minimal crops growing

How plants cope with stress

With climate change comes drought, and with drought comes higher salt concentrations in the soil. Brian Gregory and graduate student Stephen Anderson have identified a mechanism by which plants respond to salt stress, a pathway that could be targeted to engineer more adaptable crops.

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The Hill

mRNA vaccine by UPenn scientists could manage bird flu outbreak

Researchers led by Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine have collaborated with Drew Weissman to develop an mRNA vaccine to treat the H5N1 avian flu.

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6ABC.com

Penn Medicine creates human bird flu vaccine

Researchers at Penn Medicine have created a human bird flu vaccine using mRNA, the same platform as the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Fast Company

Researchers are working on a new mRNA vaccine—this time for bird flu

Researchers led by Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine are developing an mRNA vaccine for the H5N1 avian flu with support from Nobel Prize cowinner Drew Weissman.

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Deutsche Welle

A vaccine for pancreatic cancer?

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the efficacy of a potential pancreatic cancer vaccine.

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Scientific American

Pancreatic cancer vaccine shows promise in small initial trial

Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine is supportive of findings about a pancreatic cancer vaccine, though he says larger studies are needed to determine effectiveness.

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