The Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman

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BREAKING NEWS
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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[popcoins]

I’ve been reading this article that so many people contributed to mRNA vaccines and making it viable for pristine (the LNPs, the protein tweaks), that a Nobel prize would likely be 30 major people, and hundreds of others. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02483-w

But that Kariko might also deserve it in more ways than one… this snippet was so nice

Some also argue that Karikó should be acknowledged as much for her contributions to the mRNA research community at large as for her discoveries in the lab. “She’s not only an incredible scientist, she’s just a force in the field,” says Anna Blakney, an RNA bioengineer at the University of British Columbia. Blakney gives Karikó credit for offering her a speaking slot at a major conference two years ago, when she was still in a junior postdoc position (and before Blakney co-founded VaxEquity, a vaccine company in Cambridge, UK, focusing on self-amplifying-RNA technology). Karikó “is actively trying

[5368f65]

I'm so happy for them. Can't wait for other applications to finish clinical trials as well, especially the cancer treatments.

It's so cool how they found each other. Both of them unstoppable in their own ways.

[jenfolder]

Got my 6th dose of the covid vaccine along with my flu shot 2 weeks ago.
They have my gratitude for me not getting too ill both times I've had miss rona.

[msfortune76]

I took part in the moderna trial. Happy I got to help in a small way

[she_can_rock]

bless these smart people.