Moderna mRNA sequence released to GitHub [pdf]

Post by VectorLock » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 12:49 AM UTC

callesgg wrote: post #96

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> We aren’t that different from machines, we just need to know more about the CPU and all the co-processors and how the logic gates interact Except it is unfortunately not that simple, because it assumes that distinct components such as CPU, co-processors and even logic gates exist in that context, as is totally reasonable to assume on devices created by humans. Abstracting complex machines into distinct components i…

It is actually sort of strange how compartmentalized the living cell is. I guess there is some type of redundancy that comes from compartmentalization that is evolutionarily beneficial.

Post by djmips » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 12:54 AM UTC

Post by hutzlibu » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 12:57 AM UTC

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" but vaccines do not bring in the bacon." As in, "do not generate enough income"? Really? Now?

Yes, really. Typical vaccines are like $5 to $200 or so. And worst of all, usually just one or two doses. For all the horror HIV has wrought, global spending on vaccine development for HIV has been around $1 billion a year for the last few years. In contrast, the USA federal government spends $3 billion a year for HIV antiviral drugs for low-income Americans. $20,000 per patient per year for life. Unsurprisingly, new…

Post by flemhans » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 12:59 AM UTC

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I'm sure it's more complex than I grasp as a layperson, but I'm utterly amazed at how simple this _appears_. I get the feeling that this is something I have a better chance of understanding than the average SaaS Terms and Conditions. I expected to have to scroll through pages upon pages of indecipherable text. Instead it's no bigger than a large paragraph of text, and I can easily fit it on my screen.

"but I'm utterly amazed at how simple this _appears_." Biology is a funny old thing. You can look at that concise description - the orange and so on blocks of a few letters and a few short groupings. Now ATCG are basic building blocks but they consist of quite a lot of stuff. I think it's a bit more complex than that because this is RNA not DNA so ATCG might not be quite right. Each of those bases are horrifically co…

Post by imbnwa » Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 1:05 AM UTC

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We aren’t that different from machines, we just need to know more about the CPU and all the co-processors and how the logic gates interact But for now we can inject code to trigger protein configuration via the immune system

> We aren’t that different from machines, we just need to know more about the CPU and all the co-processors and how the logic gates interact Except it is unfortunately not that simple, because it assumes that distinct components such as CPU, co-processors and even logic gates exist in that context, as is totally reasonable to assume on devices created by humans. Abstracting complex machines into distinct components i…