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COVID-19-fuelled research could spark wider benefits

The pandemic fueled by the COVID-19 virus has disrupted economies and lives. It’s hard to imagine that anything positive could emerge from such a crisis, but pharmaceutical researchers believe the urgency to develop vaccines to combat the virus could result in major advancements towards the fight against many other threatening diseases. Here’s an optimistic look from MIT’s Technology Review:

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/05/1017366/messenger-rna-vaccines-covid-hiv/

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