82 reactions · 28 shares | In 2020, an mRNA vaccine platform was approved for mass use for the first time to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how the mRNA vaccine platform works and how we know it’s safe: https://youtu.be/aPSEgC-x0QI | UChicago Medicine | Facebook

Dr. Aisha Langford, an assistant professor of Population Health, explains how using messenger RNA (mRNA) in vaccine development can teach the immune system to recognize and react to a component of the #COVID19 virus that is key to its ability to make us sick. In this process, the mRNA platform helps the body’s immune system safely and effectively build up protection against COVID. “The immune system starts building an immune response and making antibodies,” says Dr. Langford. "And that’s how we