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mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic research

October 6, 2023 admin

Pharmacist Lena Springmann prepares a Covid-19 vaccination with Pfizer/Biontech vaccine at a vaccination center in Halle, Germany, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. | Photo Credit: AP The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin Karikó…

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Katalin Kariko, scientific maverick who paved way for mRNA vaccines

October 2, 2023 admin

Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko poses for a photo in Budapest, Hungary, May 27, 2021. Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The award was given to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. Karikó is a professor at Sagan’s…

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