02870cam a2200361 i 4500 548320701 TxAuBib 20220218120000.0 211110s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021055427 9781250280367 HRD 28.99 1250280362 HRD 28.99 TxAuBib rda Miller, Joe, (Correspondent.) The vaccine [BOOK] : inside the race to conquer the COVID-19 pandemic / Joe Miller, with Dr. Özlem Türeci and Dr. Uğur Şahin, creators of the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2022. 278 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index. The Outbreak -- Project Lightspeed -- The Unknowns -- The mRNA Biohackers -- The Tests -- Forging Alliances -- First in Human -- On Our Own -- It Works! -- The New Normal. Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Uğur Şahin told Özlem Türeci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence was built upon almost thirty years of research. While working to revolutionize the way that cancerous tumors are treated, the couple had explored a volatile and overlooked molecule called messenger RNA; they believed it could be harnessed to redirect the immune system's forces against any number of diseases. As the founders of BioNTech, they faced widespread skepticism from the scientific community at first; but by the time Sars-Cov-2 was discovered in Wuhan, China, BioNTech was prepared to deploy cutting edge technology and create the world’s first clinically approved inoculation for the coronavirus. The Vaccine draws back the curtain on one of the most important medical breakthroughs of our age; it will reveal how Doctors Şahin and Türeci were able to develop twenty vaccine candidates within weeks, convince Big Pharma to support their ambitious project, navigate political interference from the Trump administration and the European Union, and provide more than three billion doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to countries around the world in record time. Provided by publisher. 20220218. COVID-19 (Disease) Prevention. Viral vaccines Research. COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023. Immunology. Pharmaceutical industry History. Türeci, Özlem, author. Şahin, Uğur, author.