The discoveries of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and could be used in the future to create other shots.
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and could be used in the future to create other shots.
Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly, announced the prize and said both scientists were “overwhelmed” by news of the prize when he contacted them shortly before the announcement. A vial of mRNA vaccine developed from the discoveries of this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine laureates.Dr Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at Britain’s University of East Anglia, described the mRNA vaccines as a “game changer” in helping to shut down the coronavirus pandemic, crediting the shots with saving millions of lives.Advertisement
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