Robert Malone

The History of mRNA Vaccines IT ALL STARTED WHEN… This is Jill Malone, Robert’s wife writing is this history. We have been married 42 years and I was intricately involved in science at the time. Furthermore, we have kept all of the records of these events. These include lab books, patent disclosures, patent applications, correspondence, drafts of papers, data, etc. of that period. This history is based on my own recollections, as well as Robert’s and it verified by the written documentation, which can be viewed on the links below. Dr. Malone is the inventor of mRNA vaccines (and DNA vaccines). He also discovered lipid mediated and naked RNA transfection technologies.It all started when he was at the Salk Institute in 1987 and 1988. There, he pioneered in-vitro RNA transfection and also in-vivo RNA transfection (in frog embryos, as well as mice).This resulted in his seminal paper: Cationic liposome-mediated RNA transfection RW Malone, PL Felgner, IM Verma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 86 (16), 6077-6081 We have developed an efficient and reproducible method for RNA transfection, using a synthetic cationic lipid, N-[1-(2,3-dioleyloxy)propyl]-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride (DOTMA), incorporated into a liposome (lipofectin). Transfection of 10 ng to 5 m[...]