Among those seen by other scientists as potential winners of the prize are Hungary-born Katalin Kariko and American Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA vaccines
Stockholm — Scientists behind Covid-19 vaccines could be in the running to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine even though the pandemic is far from over. Some scientists say it is just a matter of time: if the work that went into developing the vaccines is not recognised when this year's prize is announced on Monday, it will win the award in years to come.
Among those seen by other scientists as potential winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine are Hungary-born Katalin Kariko and American Drew Weissman for their work on what are known as messenger ribonucleic acid vaccines. Traditional vaccines, which introduce a weakened or dead virus to stimulate the body’s immune system, can take a decade or more to develop. Moderna’s mRNA vaccine went from gene sequencing to the first human injection in 63 days.
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