PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — As we entered the 21st century, it became clear that the combination of gene therapy and vaccines to prevent and control disease would be some of our greatest developments.
The research that led to mRNA vaccines reducing COVID-19 deaths is a shining example. Another is the World Health Organization’s recent approval of a vaccine to help battle malaria.
Across the globe, malaria killed almost 300,000 children under the age of 5 in 2019, but a decade of research performed by African scientists has led to the development of a vaccine called Mosquirix.
The vaccine is not as effective as the COVID-19 vaccines, but it is being embraced as a major life-saving step, and there is already tremendous demand.
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