Drew Weissman

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Drew Weissman

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Drew Weissman
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

Born: 7 September 1959, Lexington, MA, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: Penn Institute for RNA Innovations, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”

Prize share: 1/2

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