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