Hungarian and U.S. Scientists Win Nobel Prize for COVID-19 Vaccine Discoveries

October 2nd, 2023

I think it was about a year ago, someone said this was going to happen. Who was it? Malone?

Via: Reuters:

Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and U.S. colleague Drew Weissman, who met in line for a photocopier before making mRNA molecule discoveries together that paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, won the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday.

“The laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times,” the Swedish award-giving body said in the latest accolade for the pair.

The prize, among the most prestigious in the scientific world, was selected by the Nobel Assembly of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute medical university and comes with 11 million Swedish crowns (about $1 million) to share between them.

Kariko was senior vice president and head of RNA protein replacement at BioNTech until 2022 and has since acted as an adviser to the company. She is also a professor at the University of Szeged in Hungary and adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.

Weissman is professor in vaccine research at the Perelman School.

2 Responses to “Hungarian and U.S. Scientists Win Nobel Prize for COVID-19 Vaccine Discoveries”

  1. Dennis says:

    …The quote from Malone is about halfway down in the ‘Backstabbing from Academia’ section.

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