Jul 2, 2020
Tesla to Build Mobile RNA Microfactories for CureVac’s COVID-19 Vaccine
Posted by Lon Anderson in categories: biotech/medical, Elon Musk, robotics/AI
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Tesla, the electric car company founded and run by Elon Musk, is building mobile molecular printers to assist Germany’s CureVac in manufacturing its experimental COVID-19 vaccine. Musk tweeted the information on Wednesday, July 1.
The “printers” are portable, automated messenger RNA (mRNA) production units, which Musk referred to as “RNA microfactories.”