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Two tales of one city: The Port sits in the shadow of Moderna and Pfizer
By Hanna Krueger Globe Staff,Updated February 27, 2021, 3:29 p.m.
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Bobby Hughes with his daughter Teane Scott at her apartment in The Port neighborhood of Cambridge. Hughesâs mother, longtime Port resident Wilma Allston-Hughes, died from COVID-19 on Christmas.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Nov. 17, 2020, was a momentous day in Kendall Square. Moderna â a little-known Cambridge biotech built on the long-unrealized dream of using the technique of mRNA insertion to create new drugs â announced that its coronavirus vaccine was 94.5 percent effective, joining its biotech behemoth neighbors Pfizer and BioNTech in the global race to end the pandemic. The triumph reaffirmed Kendall Squareâs enviable reputation as a hive of innovation and opportunity.