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Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
The prize recognized discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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3 public itemsKatalin Karikó
Biochemist
PHOTO: U.S. Embassy Sweden / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 ↗Persisted with therapeutic mRNA until a crucial molecular modification made the platform practical for vaccines.
What Katalin got done.
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Discovered how modified nucleosides reduce harmful immune reactions.
Working with Drew Weissman, she showed that specific base modifications also increased desired protein production.
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Pursued messenger RNA as a therapeutic platform.
Karikó continued developing methods to deliver laboratory-made mRNA despite limited funding and repeated setbacks.