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	Podcast:		Short Wave
	Episode:		The Brazilian Scientists Inventing An mRNA Vaccine — And Sharing The Recipe
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:14:10
	Publish Date:		2022-08-11 04:15:44
	Description:		When Moderna and Pfizer first came out with their mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, supply was limited to rich countries and they did not share the details of how to create it. That left middle income countries like Brazil in the lurch. But for Brazilian scientists Patricia Neves and Ana Paula Ano Bom, that wasn't the end. They decided to invent their own mRNA vaccine. Their story, today: Aaron talks to global health correspondent Nurith Aizenman about the effort and how it has helped launch a wider global project to revolutionize access to mRNA vaccine technology.
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