EPISODE · Aug 1, 2018 · 8 MIN
Making Personalized Cancer Vaccines Takes an Army—of Robots
from Science, Spoken · host WIRED
When Melissa Moore was tinkering around with RNA in the early 90s, the young biochemist had to painstakingly construct the genetic molecules by micropipette, just a few building blocks at a time. Inside the MIT lab of Nobel laureate Phil Sharp, it could take days to make just a few drops of RNA, which ferries a cell’s genetic source code to its protein-making machinery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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When Melissa Moore was tinkering around with RNA in the early 90s, the young biochemist had to painstakingly construct the genetic molecules by micropipette, just a few building blocks at a time. Inside the MIT lab of Nobel laureate Phil Sharp, it could take days to make just a few drops of RNA, which ferries a cell’s genetic source code to its protein-making machinery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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