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10,000 ways | How does Anna Blakney use TikTok to help people understand mRNA vaccines?

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For many, RNA vaccines seem to have appeared out of nowhere. The curious and the hesitant have wondered how a vaccine to fight COVID-19 could have been brought to market so quickly. In fact, messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have been in development for over three decades. Here is the story about a persistent RNA vaccine pioneer and her socially connected admirer, University of British Columbia researcher, Anna Blakney.

Want to know more about Anna Blakney?

Read her University of British Columbia bio

Find her at the Michael Smith Laboratories

Check out her TikTok page

Curious about Team Halo?

teamhalo.org

Looking for a more detailed account of Kati Karikó’s journey of persistence and discovery?

Listen to The New York Times' The Daily podcast.

CFI-funded researcher Pieter Cullis is considered the “Godfather of RNA delivery”

Read his University of British Columbia bio

Saanich News story on Anna, Pieter and TikTok

Curious to know more about the VinFuture Award?

Read the UBC press release: “Dr. Pieter Cullis and colleagues win VinFuture Foundation’s first global sci-tech award

What is Poliomyelitis?

Connaught Labs, Polio Research & Conquering “The Crippler”

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(Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais.)

For many, RNA vaccines seem to have appeared out of nowhere. The curious and the hesitant have wondered how a vaccine to fight COVID-19 could have been brought to market so quickly. In fact, messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have been in development for over three decades. Here is the story about a persistent RNA vaccine pioneer and her socially connected admirer, University of British Columbia researcher, Anna Blakney.

Want to know more about Anna Blakney?

Read her University of British Columbia bio

Find her at the Michael Smith Laboratories

Check out her TikTok page

Curious about Team Halo?

teamhalo.org

Looking for a more detailed account of Kati Karikó’s journey of persistence and discovery?

Listen to The New York Times' The Daily podcast.

CFI-funded researcher Pieter Cullis is considered the “Godfather of RNA delivery”

Read his University of British Columbia bio

Saanich News story on Anna, Pieter and TikTok

Curious to know more about the VinFuture Award?

Read the UBC press release: “Dr. Pieter Cullis and colleagues win VinFuture Foundation’s first global sci-tech award

What is Poliomyelitis?

Connaught Labs, Polio Research & Conquering “The Crippler”

  continue reading

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