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Karikó, Weissman awarded Nobel Prize for mRNA discovery
Penn researchers were behind mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
October 2, 2023 9:40 PM UTC
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, the Penn Medicine scientists behind critical discoveries underlying the mRNA vaccines that defined the pandemic response, were awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The COVID-19 vaccines may be the first of many therapeutic and prophylactic mechanisms enabled by their discoveries...