Luigi Warren invented Modernas mRNA technology

Published: June 17, 2021, 8:09 a.m.

Luigi Warren invented the mRNA technology on which Moderna was founded.\nIf it weren\u2019t for Luigi, then Moderna wouldn\u2019t exist.\n\xa0\n\n"Luigi Warren, Ph.D. is President & CEO of Cellular Reprogramming, a biotechnology company located in La Jolla, California. The company produces human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for researchers in academia and pharma using mRNA reprogramming, a clinically-relevant alternative to viral reprogramming which Luigi pioneered during postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School."\n\n\xa0\nI came across Luigi after Twitter\u2019s \u201cfact checkers\u201d thought that they knew more than Luigi.\nNick Hudson, who was previously on my podcast, joined in for this conversation.