It’s worth highlighting that a ton of basic science work went into mRNA vaccine development, starting in the early 1990s:
- developing the lipid nanoparticles that the mRNA is delivered in, so your cells could actually take it up intact - figuring out how to get the mRNA to evade the immune system
https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/10/the-story-of-mrna-how-a-...