Katalin Karikó, a professor at Sagan's University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Drew Weissman, of the University of Pennsylvania, were awarded the prize for 'their groundbreaking findings.'
Nobel in medicine goes to 2 University of Pennsylvania scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccinesTwo 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.
Karikó said her husband was the first to pick up the early morning call, then handed it to her to hear the news. "I couldn't believe it," she said. "I was very much surprised. But I am very happy." The the messenger RNA approach is radically different. It starts with a snippet of genetic code that carries instructions for making proteins. Pick the right virus protein to target, and the body turns into a mini vaccine factory.
"We would likely only now be coming out of the depths of COVID without the mRNA vaccines," Hunter said. Pankhania predicted that the technology used in the vaccines could be used to refine vaccines for other diseases like Ebola, malaria and dengue, and might also be used to create shots that immunize people against certain types of cancer or auto-immune diseases like lupus.
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