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How one South African pharmaceutical startup is reverse engineering Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

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A consortium in South Africa wants to teach manufacturers in poor countries to make Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. But Moderna won't share its process.

As NPR's Nurith Aizenman reports, the scientists are trying to reverse engineer it.

This segment aired on October 22, 2021.

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