The medical revolution of messenger RNA / Fabrice Delaye; translated from the French by the author and Simon Pare. -- Cold Spring Harbor, New York : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2024. – (58.174251/D343)

Contents

Foreword, by Thomas R. Cech, ix
Acknowledgments, xv
Introduction: What Happens When the Jab Goes into Your Arm?, 1
Prologue: 1960-1990: The Beatles Years of mRNA, 5
1  From Science to Technology at the Salk Institute, 9
2  RNA or DNA? How Merck Missed the Jackpot, 19
3  How French RNA Pioneers Killed the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs, 27
4  How Kariko and Weissman Wove an Invisibility Cloak, 35
5  CureVac: How the German Hare Became a Tortoise, 45
6  Moderna's Moonshot, 55
7  The Race for mRNA Vaccines Told by Its Referee, 69
8  BioNTech: What's Next?, 79
9  Lipids: The Key to the Third Medical Revolution, 89
Glossary, 101
Timeline, 103
Selected Bibliography, 105
Index, 109
Photo Section follows page 54