> The underlying technology may have taken years, but it can be applied to new viruses as soon as the virus is sequenced.
My understanding is that a big part of why this one was so fast was that Moderna had experience digging into SARS previously, and that led them to immediately focus on the spike protein this time around. Without that prior experience I expect it would have taken longer? (But likely still pretty fast.)
My understanding is that a big part of why this one was so fast was that Moderna had experience digging into SARS previously, and that led them to immediately focus on the spike protein this time around. Without that prior experience I expect it would have taken longer? (But likely still pretty fast.)