You've heard about mRNA vaccines and how it's a revolutionary new technology. mRNA vaccines were the first to be approved for use, have the highest efficacy and can be modified the most quickly for boosters. How do they have all these amazing properties and at a more fundamental level, how do they work?

In this special episode we bring you my mother, Susan Rao (Henning, if you want to Google Scholar her!), an expert in molecular biology, to explain in layman's terms how they work and why they are a huge step forward in vaccine development. She explains it's not just vaccines this technology will be used for (e.g., fighting cancer) and that she believes that if anything, they are being under-hyped. Amazingly, she explained this all so I (who last took biology in high school) could understand it!  

Please join us for this extra special episode!