Revolution in medicine Bio NTech, m RNA and the Covid 19 vaccine, DW Documentary

With the help of mRNA technology, BioNTech has developed a vaccine for COVID19. These assist the body to produce its own antigens to fight the virus a medical milestone. Since the beginning of the 21st century, scientists Uğur Şahin und Özlem Türeci have pursued the goal of creating cancer treatments that are specific to individuals. The firm they established, BioNTech, focuses heavily on revolutionary mRNA technology. The M in mRNA means messenger and RNA stands for ribonucleic acid. MRNA delivers information for antigen production directly to the cell which produces proteins. Afterwards, these cells present selfproduced antigens on their outer shells and trigger a specifically desired immune response. Şahin and Türeci came up with the idea of using mRNA technology for vaccines in January 2020 after reading about a virus recently identified in Wuhan, China. Within hours, BioNTech decided to launch its search for a viable vaccine. The initial s