Andrii Kuzovchykov·Oct 4Moderna’s cancer vaccine worked. On October 24 we learn by how much.The first positive phase 3 for a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine disclosed no numbers, and the stock rose 177 percent anyway. Underneath…
Sora Pazer·Oct 3The Secret of Katalin Karikó Is Not Persistence — It Is Something Much Less FlatteringShe was demoted, ignored and finally thrown out of her lab. Then she won a Nobel Prize. The standard explanation is grit. The data say…
Shanaka Anslem Perera·Sep 20When a Copy Becomes an AncestorWhat a small ribozyme can and cannot pass on
Shaik Imran·Jun 12Better Than Evolution? How AI Is Redesigning the Genetic “Switches” of Life1. Introduction: The mRNA Translation ProblemA response icon1A response icon1
Shaik Imran·Jun 9The Beta Breakthrough: How Small AI Models are Mastering the Language of RNADesigning functional RNA sequences, such as NAND hybrid riboswitches, has historically been a “needle in a haystack” problem. Within the…
Visual Science Communicator_Haboo·Mar 18One Chart, Two Vaccines, Six Months: How I Visualized Long-Term Immunity DataA behind-the-scenes look at redesigning a graphical abstract for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine durability study.
Brad Roth·Mar 6Bob Park’s What’s New: March 6, 2026No, Bob Park — the physicist who wrote the What’s New newsletter for years — did not write this. Instead, I am imagining what Park would…
Mitsuaki Matsuoka (松岡光昭) aka Japonica Bambi·Feb 16“Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA Vaccine Business Strategy — The Turning Point After COVID-19” Text by…Pfizer Inc. and Moderna, Inc., the two companies that pioneered mRNA technology with their COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, achieved…
Brad Roth·Jan 23Walter Gilbert, Biological PhysicistI like to collect examples of successful scientists who straddled physics and biology. One example is Walter Gilbert. Intermediate Physics…
Brad Roth·Dec 12, 2025Bob Park’s What’s New: December 12, 2025No, Bob Park — the physicist who wrote the What’s New newsletter for years — did not write this. Instead, I am imagining what Park would…
