EU resists calls for patent waivers but agrees to transfer mRNA technology

  • Date: 18-Feb-2022
  • Source: Euronews
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:Egypt
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EU resists calls for patent waivers but agrees to transfer mRNA technology

The European Union has agreed to transfer mRNA technology to six African countries to help them produce African-made coronavirus vaccines at scale and bridge the inoculation gap with the West.

Messenger RNA is a novel and complex technique that teaches human cells how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response to a certain disease that enters the body, in this case, COVID-19