The Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman
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The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/Y62uJDlNMj
- The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 2, 2023
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For their research of mRNA vaccines that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
The Nobel Prize committee:
"The laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times."
The Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines were both based on mRNA technology.