Posted on Oct 2, 2023
Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA COVID vaccines possible
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A biochemist born in Hungary and an American immunologist have won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for research that led to the development of the two most important COVID-19 vaccines.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman met at copy machine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and collaborated for decades to try to find ways to use genetic material called messenger RNA, or mRNA, to make vaccines.
The scientists discovered that modifying a chemical building block of mRNA kept the immune system from destroying the material and enabled it to instead stimulate protection against viruses. They published a seminal paper describing their work in 2005.
A biochemist born in Hungary and an American immunologist have won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for research that led to the development of the two most important COVID-19 vaccines.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman met at copy machine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and collaborated for decades to try to find ways to use genetic material called messenger RNA, or mRNA, to make vaccines.
The scientists discovered that modifying a chemical building block of mRNA kept the immune system from destroying the material and enabled it to instead stimulate protection against viruses. They published a seminal paper describing their work in 2005.
Nobel Prize goes to scientists who made mRNA COVID vaccines possible
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Karikó, 68, had to overcome big challenges. For years, she went from one low-paying research job to another and even slept in her office at times. She says she was forced to retire from Penn and then commuted to work at BioNTech. But said she never gave up. And her mother never gave up hope she'd eventually win a Nobel.
"My mom, who passed away two years ago at age 89, every fall she was listening and she said to me, 'You know, you might get this year.' And I said, 'Mom, I couldn't even get a grant,' " Karikó said in a 2020 interview with NPR."...
..."Karikó, 68, had to overcome big challenges. For years, she went from one low-paying research job to another and even slept in her office at times. She says she was forced to retire from Penn and then commuted to work at BioNTech. But said she never gave up. And her mother never gave up hope she'd eventually win a Nobel.
"My mom, who passed away two years ago at age 89, every fall she was listening and she said to me, 'You know, you might get this year.' And I said, 'Mom, I couldn't even get a grant,' " Karikó said in a 2020 interview with NPR."...
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This award is a bit premature. Until these vaccines go through the regular approval process we don't know if the vaccine was effective as advertised. We need to find d out. Who can be against the truth?
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