{"id":242317,"date":"2026-08-06T21:05:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/first-mrna-flu-shot-approved-by-fda-bodes-well-for-improving-drugs-of-the-future-few-hurdles-remain-before-mrna-can-move-beyond-vaccines"},"modified":"2026-08-06T21:05:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:05:43","slug":"first-mrna-flu-shot-approved-by-fda-bodes-well-for-improving-drugs-of-the-future-few-hurdles-remain-before-mrna-can-move-beyond-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/first-mrna-flu-shot-approved-by-fda-bodes-well-for-improving-drugs-of-the-future-few-hurdles-remain-before-mrna-can-move-beyond-vaccines","title":{"rendered":"First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future few hurdles remain before mRNA can move beyond vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-NEr3KCug8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From COVID-19 vaccines to Moderna\u2019s mRNA flu vaccine, using mRNA as medicine has shown promise. But before mRNA drugs can go beyond vaccines, researchers need to identify the right diseases to treat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From COVID-19 vaccines to Moderna\u2019s mRNA flu vaccine, using mRNA as medicine has shown promise. But before mRNA drugs can go beyond vaccines, researchers need to identify the right diseases to treat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":630,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}