Medicine Nobel 2023: How Katalin Karikó And Drew Weissman’s Work Led To The Development Of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccines

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023: Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman's research led to the development of two base-modified mRNA vaccines that could encode the spike protein on SARS-CoV-2.

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023: Karikó and Weissman's discoveries on nucleoside base modifications provided key insights into developing mRNA Covid-19 vaccines that not only don't induce inflammatory reactions in the host, but also allow increased protein production. ( Image Source :Getty )

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023: Hungarian American biochemist Katalin Karikó and American physician Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. They received the Nobel for their contributions to the field of immunology that led to the development of effective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. Karikó and Weissman's discoveries on nucleoside base modifications provided key insights into developing mRNA Covid-19 vaccines that not only