Michael Ehlers (Replicate)
'Like a kid in a candy shop': Michael Ehlers gets behind RNA 'copy machine' tech
Nathaniel Wang and Andrew Geall spent years working on self-replicating RNAs at Synthetic Genomics and Novartis Vaccines, respectively, before they realized they were coming at it the wrong way.
“For years and years, we thought that the technology was essentially plug and play,” Wang said. “It turns out … the vector itself, the protein that you’re putting into that vector, and the fat droplet you use to formulate it before you inject it into a person are all independent variables.”
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