Posted on 07/07/2021 5:00:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Because any desired mRNA sequence can be synthesized in massive quantities, one of the biggest hurdles in a variety of mRNA therapies is the ability to package those sequences into the lipid nanoparticles that deliver them into cells.
The researchers' advance stems from their design of a proof-of-concept microfluidic device containing 128 mixing channels working in parallel. The channels mix a precise amount of lipid and mRNA, essentially crafting individual lipid nanoparticles on a miniaturized assembly line.
This increased speed may not be the only benefit; more precisely controlling the nanoparticles' size could make treatments more effective. The researchers tested the lipid nanoparticles produced by their device in a mouse study, showing they could deliver therapeutic RNA sequences with four-to-five times greater activity than those made by conventional methods.
This platform technology, called Very Large Scale Microfluidic Integration (VLSMI), allows tens of thousands of microfluidic units to be incorporated into a single three-dimensionally etched silicon-and-glass wafer.
These parallelized mixing channels allow VLSMI to have the potential to achieve the liter-per-hour production rates necessary for vaccine manufacture. Flow resistors ensure that every mixing channel receives the same flow conditions and ratio of lipids and RNAs across the device, producing the uniform nanoparticles critical for vaccine and therapeutic applications...
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
Well, it won’t take “Ten Percent for the Big Guy” long to make sure this developing intellectual property to the ChiComs.
Just like how the Borg assimilate people.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers comes to mind.
Screws you up 100 times faster.
Oh, goodie! I was afraid that turning everyone into zombies would take decades!!!
Instant
Zombie
Like the Dean Koontz book where scientists accidentally un-bind DNA and it starts drifting between people, animals and plants.
Isn’t this the same sort of stuff that has been found in the so-called vax?
Civilizations crash and burn when knowledge gets too far ahead of wisdom. We came close with the development of nuclear technology. It’s not clear we’ll survive the early days of genetic reprogramming technology. Especially not with this sort of attitude.
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