TWiV 860: Evading a Toll on the road to RNA vaccines

TWiV reviews a seminal paper showing that chemically modified bases in RNAs suppress recognition by Toll-like receptors, a finding that that was essential for the development of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
Source: virology blog - Category: Virology Authors: Tags: This Week in Virology coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic pseudouracil RNA vaccine SARS-CoV-2 viral viruses Source Type: blogs