Karikó and Weissman’s Nobel Prize

Your "translated" version of their scientific discovery

Oct 03, 2023

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Yesterday, the 2023 Nobel Prize Winners for Physiology or Medicine went to Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó for their discoveries in the biotechnology behind our Covid-19 mRNA vaccines.

Behind the amazing story of perseverance and collaborative spirit (it’s a fascinating story) is an absolutely revolutionary scientific discovery.

Here is the problem the…

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