Biologics like monoclonal antibodies and mRNA vaccines are complex drugs. Yongchao Su uses biophysical tools and innovative strategies to understand them better.
Researchers created an improved method for assays that detect viral vectors in a patient’s blood or urine. It’s used to ensure that bystanders will not be exposed.
The durability and capacity to boost protein expression of circular RNA makes it a promising candidate for next-generation vaccines and gene therapies.
By watching brain organoids develop, researchers observed surprising abnormalities caused by mutations in a gene related to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.