Two Key Scientists Behind mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Win Nobel Prize for Medicine

Karikó and Weissman, who helped create the COVID-19 vaccine, will share the 11 million Swedish kronor prize.

Scientists Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine for their contributions to the development of mRNA vaccines against the novel coronavirus.

The "nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID," the organisation said.

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The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/Y62uJDlNMj

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