Document Type : Editorial
Author
1 Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2 Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3 Department of Artificial Intelligence, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
The last month’s decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to withdraw nearly $500 million from mRNA vaccine research and development (R&D) has aroused concern in the scientific and medical communities.
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Manica Negahdaripour (Google Scholar)
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