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Betsy McDonel Herr, Ph.D.'s avatar

Thank you. I guess for just keeping the focus on the big picture, not the people involved.

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Aimee's avatar

As a young man, Dr. Malone thought mRNA could be used to cure cancer. He only worked with it in its infancy. Moderna tried for years to use it to cure cancer, with no success. They admitted to a “secret project” in 2017. I think we now know what that was.

Ego, ambition, and turmoil: Inside one of biotech’s most secretive startups

https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/13/moderna-therapeutics-biotech-mrna/

Lavishly funded Moderna hits safety problems in bold bid to revolutionize medicine

https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/10/moderna-trouble-mrna/

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