A group of Stanford University scientists have studied Pfizer's and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines and subjected them to a process to extract design elements from an existing finished system by studying its structures, states and behaviors. The researchers themselves say they have succeeded in finding the putative sequence of two synthetic RNA molecules used in the vaccines, reports the Guardian.

In the case of the mRNA agent, that means they took small samples of the vaccines that would otherwise have been discarded to study in detail. The "recipe" of the Pfizer vaccine the researchers have now found on Github and published. With sequencing like the one they performed, it is possible to determine whether an RNA comes from a vaccination or from the virus itself.

Like a cake without quantity description

The mRNA sequence from Moderna has not yet been published, because the scientists have not yet received an "ok" from the company to publish the sequencing data. Companies are naturally less happy to see such publications, but since it is not the entire "recipe" of the vaccine that is involved, but only the mRNA sequencing, publication on Github should not be a problem, estimates a professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

The publication of this "recipe" is comparable to that of a cake, of which only the ingredients are known, but not the exact composition and quantity distribution. "But that is exactly what makes a product," the professor said. He said mRNA sequencing can also be used to determine how vaccines work well against mutations, and then to create new versions of the vaccine.

Found on: „Rezept“ für Corona-Impfstoff bei Github veröffentlicht (futurezone.at)