For years, Katalin Kariko worked closely with Drew Weissman, an immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania who saw the potential for the technology to create a new kind of vaccine.
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to two scientists whose research laid the groundwork for messenger RNA vaccines that transformed the threat of the coronavirus pandemic., a Hungarian-born scientist whose ferocious and single-minded pursuit of messenger RNA exiled her to the outskirts of science, worked closely with, an immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania who saw the potential for the technology to create a new kind of vaccine.
Thomas Perlmann, secretary general of the Nobel Assembly said that when he reached both scientists early Monday morning, they were overwhelmed. He said that Kariko in particular reflected on the change in circumstances. A decade ago, after struggles securing funding or support for her research, she moved to Germany to work for a little-known start-up called BioNTech that was working on turning mRNA into medicine.
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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientists who laid foundation for messenger RNA vaccinesThe Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, scientists who worked together to turn messenger RNA from a fragile genetic material that triggered a problematic immune response into a powerful medicine. Their key breakthrough in 2005 went largely unnoticed, but is now the backbone of two leading coronavirus vaccines and could lead to a whole new class of vaccines and drugs.
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