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Moderna and Pfizer are reinventing vaccines, starting with covid

8 min read . Updated: 18 Nov 2020, 12:40 PM IST Peter Loftus, The Wall Street Journal

The two leading Covid-19 vaccines are based on a new gene-based technology that could help fight a range of diseases

The strong early results for two leading Covid-19 vaccines have implications that go far beyond the current pandemic: They suggest the time has come for a gene-based technology that could provide new treatments for cancer, heart disease and other infectious diseases.