A serious disease threatens Australia's $80 billion livestock industry. A new vaccine could halt an outbreak
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New mRNA Vaccine Shields Australia’s Livestock SectorUNSW created an mRNA vaccine to protect Australia's $80 billion livestock industry from a highly contagious disease.
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- Foot and mouth disease poses a severe threat to Australia's livestock, which is valued at $80 billion.
- Researchers at the University of New South Wales developed an mRNA vaccine to quickly control outbreaks.
- This vaccine avoids the risks of traditional vaccines by eliminating the use of weakened virus strains.
- Scaling up production is critical to supply hundreds of thousands of doses in case of an epidemic.
But it's not just about stopping disease. This is also about protecting livelihoods and keeping our own supermarket shelves stocked.— Pall Thordarson (University of New South Wales) spoke about the vaccine's broader impact beyond stopping disease.
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infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals and caused by apthovirus
vaccine that transfects synthetic RNA, reprogramming cells to make foreign protein that stimulates an adaptive immune response
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