Exploring the potential of circular RNA

Vaccine Insights 2023; 2(1), 5–8

DOI: 10.18609/vac.2023.002

Published: 23 January 2023
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Piotr Kowalski


“Circular RNA has the potential to expand the toolbox of therapeutic RNAs and address some of the limitations of current RNA vaccines and therapeutics...”

As the leader of a research group focused on developing novel, clinically relevant delivery technologies for nucleic acid-based therapies, I saw first-hand how the COVID pandemic accelerated manufacturing and scale-up processes and regulatory frameworks for mRNA-based drugs. The pandemic catalyzed academic and industry research and development (R&D) activities in the mRNA field, as well as in the lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology used to deliver the vaccines. However, there is still huge scope for improvement.