Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin
Katalin Karikó
Prize share: 1/2
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin
Drew Weissman
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 was awarded jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19"
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