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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, pioneers of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine win the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Kariko and Weissman // Image credit: Peggy Peterson Photography for Penn Medicine

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, pioneers of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine win the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their critical discoveries enabling mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Their groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines used worldwide.

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Dr. Joe Hin Tjio; Research biologist who determined the correct number of human chromosomes

What are chromosomes? Chromosomes are threadlike structures consisting of protein and a single molecule of DNA that carry hereditary information in the form of genes. Each chromosome is made up of DNA tightly coiled many times around proteins called…

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U.S DUO DAVID JULIUS AND ARDEM PATAPOUTIAN AWARDED THE 2021 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet decided on 04/10/2021 to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.” Our ability to…

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