LARAMIE, Wyo., July 20 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:
University of Wyoming Department of Molecular Biology Associate Professor Thomas Boothby
and his team are working on a project to enable RNA-based medicines to be transported
and stored at room temperature.
The project is one of several at UW to receive a National Science Foundation Seed
Translational Acceleration of Research (STAR) Project award, provided under the Accelerating
Research Translation (ART) program. UW was among the first cohort of awardees. The
projects have strong commercial potential and industry support.
From vaccines to genetic disorders, RNA-based medicines have applications in many
aspects of human health and disease. However, a ...