COVID-19 vaccines approved in Canada were created by using ground-breaking genetic technology that for years held huge promise, but always ran into roadblocks — until now.
It’s called synthetic mRNA, or messenger RNA.Until 2020, no mRNA vaccine had ever been approved for use in humans, but the pandemic drove scientists to focus their efforts on the possibilities of mRNA to eradicate COVID-19, as well as an injection of funding and worldwide collaboration.Vaccines are seen as science’s greatest advantage over deadly viruses.
Diseases such as smallpox, polio and measles have almost been eradicated. Now, health officials from around the world are hoping the COVID-19 vaccines can do the same.The new vaccines were developed in record time, due.