No Nanobots in Vaccines — Just Lipids on the Loose: Commentary on Lee and Broudy (2024), “Real-Time Self-Assembly of Stereomicroscopically Visible Artificial Constructs in Incubated Specimens of mRNA Products Mainly from Pfizer and Moderna: A Compreh
Lee and Broudy (2024) reported conspicuous microscopic objects in mRNA vaccines, which they interpreted as “nano-robots”. This is a misconception, because the wide range of different shapes can be readily explained in terms of self-assembling lipids (including cholesterol), as are used for transfection. Lipid nanostructures and their rearrangements will be discussed.
Authors
- Anne S. Ulrich
Institutions
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Vaccine Theory Practice and Research
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.56098/7hsjff81
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.40