Moderna unveils promising data on Zika vaccine in mice

Moderna Therapeutics, one of the largest and most secretive biotechs in Cambridge, has published the first data from an animal study of its Zika vaccine, suggesting it helped a significant number of mice survive an infection.The data, published on Friday in the medical journal Cell, shows that a vaccine created by the company to protect against the Zika virus prompted a strong immune response in mice. The vaccine is being tested in humans in a closely-watched Phase 1/2 study that began in Decemb