The cold chain just got deleted. mit used ai to retune lipid nanoparticles so rna vaccines hold up…
the cold chain just got deleted. mit used ai to retune lipid nanoparticles so rna vaccines hold up for a year at room temperature, per oct 10 results.
the freezer is no longer part of the supply line.
Context
MIT News reported on Sep 28 that MIT engineers, with help from an AI algorithm, adjusted lipid nanoparticle formulations so mRNA vaccines stayed stable at room temperature for up to a year or at about 38 degrees Celsius. The work was published in Nature Biotechnology.
Today these vaccines need ultracold storage.
The one year room temperature stability matches MIT's release, as lab results for a formulation. The results were published Sep 28, not Oct 10. That the freezer is gone from the supply line is the author's claim; the release says it could allow wider distribution.
'the freezer is no longer part of the supply line' is the author's opinion.
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- Read the paper for the storage conditions tested.
Sources
- MIT News, Sep 28, 2026news.mit.edu
- Nature Biotechnologynature.com
- EurekAlert, Sep 28, 2026e3.eurekalert.org
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 10 October 2026 at 18:51 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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