Along with collaborator Drew Weissman, Karikó was awarded science's top honor for her research on mRNA vaccines.
Glad Sweden finally caught up! Hungarian scientist Katalin Karikó, PhD, was one of the foremost researchers into the possibilities of, and her work, along with that of her collaborator, immunologist Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, formed the basis of what became the first COVID-19 vaccines. We honored her as one of, and it only took two years for the Nobel Committee get with the program: Dr. Karikó and Dr. Weissman have just been awarded science’s highest honor .
“Through their groundbreaking findings, which have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system, the laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times,” the panel that awarded the prize said,The daughter of a butcher and a bookkeeper, Dr.
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