The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded this Monday, October 2, 2023, to the Hungarian Katalin Kariko and the American Drew Weissman for their advances in the field of Messenger RNA vaccines, decisive in the fight against COVVI-19.
The two researchers were distinguished “for their discoveries concerning the modifications of the nucleic bases which allowed the development of effective mRNA vaccines against the COVVI-19,” said the jury.
“The winners contributed to the development at an unprecedented rate of vaccines during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times,” he added.
The couple of researchers will receive a reward of eleven million crowns (920,000 euros).
