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How the mRNA vaccine against COVID works

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December 3, 2021

Özlem Türeci and Ugur Sahin from BioNTech developed the first mRNA vaccine against the coronavirus. The German scientists with Turkish roots were awarded the 2021 German Future Prize for their achievement. How does the vaccine work?

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