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 Comprehensive Longitundinal Study”

Authors

  • Anne S. Ulrich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56098/7hsjff81

Keywords:

cholesterol, Comirnaty, Moderna, nanorobotics, optical microscopy, Pfizer, self-assembling structures, transfection, BNT162b2 vaccine, nanobots, mod mRNA transfection, cationic amphiphiles, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanoparticles, impurities in vaccines

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

  • Anne S. Ulrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Full Professor of Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry (IOC) and Institute of Biological Interfaces (IBG2) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fritz-Haber-Weg 6, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, Tel +49 721 60843222, email: anne.ulrich@kit.edu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5571-9483)

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Published

2024-09-10

How to Cite

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 Comprehensive Longitundinal Study”. (2024). International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research , 3(2), 1244.1-1244.10. https://doi.org/10.56098/7hsjff81

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