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applegrove

(132,650 posts)
Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:57 PM 4 hrs ago

As mRNA research is cut in the USA by Trump, the rest of the world steps up.

This H5N1 bird flu trial, funded internationally by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), is backed by >30 countries.

CEPI funds the study after RFK Jr. cut funding for mRNA research.

mRNA vaccines are gaining traction globally, as funding is cut here.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist (@princess-vimentin.bsky.social) 2026-04-22T18:36:40.619Z
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As mRNA research is cut in the USA by Trump, the rest of the world steps up. (Original Post) applegrove 4 hrs ago OP
mRNA is a key tool against pancreatic cancer Bluetus 4 hrs ago #1

Bluetus

(2,960 posts)
1. mRNA is a key tool against pancreatic cancer
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:41 AM
4 hrs ago

How many politicians have used "a cure for cancer" as a rhetorical "holy grail" over the years? But now, there is strong evidence that mRNA research is leading to the best treatment we have ever seen for one of the most difficult and deadly cancers: pancreatic cancer.

https://www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrna-vaccines-fight-pancreatic-cancer-msk-clinical-researchers-are-trying-find-out

Yet these dumbasses want to walk away from that?

The same people have totally waled away from new energy, which is one of the most important developments of the 21st century, leaving that all for the Chinese.

We are witnessing, first hand, the decline of the most advanced nation into banana republic status.

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