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The 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine is a thumbs up for basic science research
1 year, 2 months ago

The 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine is a thumbs up for basic science research

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 19, 2023 11:00 IST - 11 MINS READ Euphoria surrounds this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Dr Katalin Karikó and Dr Drew Weissman for their scientific research that made mRNA vaccines a reality. mRNA vaccines are a direct product of the basic science research in molecular biology that began in the mid-20th century …

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How was mRNA research used to fight COVID? | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

How was mRNA research used to fight COVID? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 2, Nobel Prize week began with the 2023 Prize in Physiology or Medicine being awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. They were awarded the prize for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”. However, while most vaccines use weakened or dead bacteria or viruses …

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mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic research
1 year, 2 months ago

mRNA research exemplifies the unpredictable value of basic research

The Hindu  

The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will go to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discovery that modifying mRNA – a form of genetic material your body uses to produce proteins – could reduce unwanted inflammatory responses and allow it to be delivered into cells. The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics likewise will go to a team …

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Shot in the arm: On the Medicine Nobel 2023
1 year, 2 months ago

Shot in the arm: On the Medicine Nobel 2023

The Hindu  

All nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine have path-breaking achievements to their credit, but often, the final choice of the winner might have a lot to do with the timing and the context. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman would have thus been safe bets for their work that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. …

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The trouble with a Nobel for mRNA COVID vaccines
1 year, 2 months ago

The trouble with a Nobel for mRNA COVID vaccines

The Hindu  

The 2023 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for developing the mRNA vaccine technology that became the foundation for history’s fastest vaccine development programme during the COVID-19 pandemic. Once Moderna and Pfizer began producing their mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, they were also mired in North American and European countries’ zeal to make …

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Perseverance counts: A Nobel for mRNA vaccines is welcome
1 year, 2 months ago

Perseverance counts: A Nobel for mRNA vaccines is welcome

Live Mint  

This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine is a testament to the power of perseverance in science. By swapping out a basic building block of mRNA called uridine for a related molecule called pseudouridine, strands of mRNA could get their message to cells without triggering an immune attack. That discovery helped spawn the earliest biotech companies working on the technology, thus …

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Medicine Nobel for the technology that turned the pandemic
1 year, 2 months ago

Medicine Nobel for the technology that turned the pandemic

The Hindu  

The 2023 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been awarded to the Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó and the American physician-scientist Drew Weissman. The idea was to inject the body with a modified mRNA that would instruct cells to build a certain protein, which could then provoke the body’s immune system to ‘attack’ it as well as prepare itself to …

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2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology: What are mRNA vaccines and how do they work?
1 year, 2 months ago

2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology: What are mRNA vaccines and how do they work?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their research that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. However, while most vaccines use weakened or dead bacteria or viruses to evoke a response from the immune system, mRNA vaccines only introduce a piece of the …

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How Drew Weissman was informed about his Nobel win: ‘They didn’t have my number'
1 year, 2 months ago

How Drew Weissman was informed about his Nobel win: ‘They didn’t have my number'

Hindustan Times  

American Drew Weissman and Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó won the Nobel Prize in medicine on for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. Nobel Medicine Prize 2023: US physician-scientist Drew Weissman along with his long time collaborator Katalin Kariko of Hungary won the 2023 Nobel Medicine Prize. Drew Weissman, 64, a professor and director of the Penn Institute …

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The Nobel Prize has been awarded to women 62 times. Katalin Karikó becomes the 13th to win in Medicine
1 year, 2 months ago

The Nobel Prize has been awarded to women 62 times. Katalin Karikó becomes the 13th to win in Medicine

The Hindu  

Hungarian-American biochemist Katalin Karikó has become the newest Laureate to join the ranks of the numbered women who have won arguably the most prestigious award. The 68-year-old biochemist and her colleague Drew Weissman were honoured with the Prize for “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modification that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.” From 1901 to 2023, the Nobel …

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Nobel Prize in medicine 2023 awarded to Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman for pioneering mRNA vaccine to fight COVID-19
1 year, 2 months ago

Nobel Prize in medicine 2023 awarded to Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman for pioneering mRNA vaccine to fight COVID-19

Firstpost  

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden said the discoveries by Karikó and Weissman were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic that began in early 2020 The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the …

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Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize in Medicine for role in Covid-19 vaccines
1 year, 2 months ago

Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize in Medicine for role in Covid-19 vaccines

Hindustan Times  

Nobel Prize 2023 in Medicine: Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their groundbreaking contributions to the development of highly effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Penn Medicine scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development …

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Nobel Prize 2023 for Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work in mRNA vaccines
1 year, 2 months ago

Nobel Prize 2023 for Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their work in mRNA vaccines

The Hindu  

This year’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their “discoveries concerning nucleoside base modification that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”, The Royal Swedish Academy of Science announced on October 2, 2023. Congrats to #NobelPrize Laureates Dr. Katalin Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman, awarded the 2023 …

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Kariko and Weissman win 2023 Nobel Prize for medicine
1 year, 2 months ago

Kariko and Weissman win 2023 Nobel Prize for medicine

Live Mint  

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The pair, who had been tipped as favourites, were honoured for "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled …

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Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
1 year, 2 months ago

Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic — technology that’s also being studied to fight cancer and other diseases. Dr. Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at Britain’s University of East Anglia, described the mRNA vaccines made …

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Scientists whose work on mRNA paved the way for first COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel Prize
1 year, 2 months ago

Scientists whose work on mRNA paved the way for first COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel Prize

LA Times  

Dr. Drew Weissman, left, a physician-scientist, and biochemist Katalin Karikó won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and that could be used to develop other shots in the future. “This year’s Nobel Prize recognizes their basic science discovery that fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with the immune …

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Meet the women behind the vaccines, helping to find a path out of the coronavirus pandemic
3 years, 9 months ago

Meet the women behind the vaccines, helping to find a path out of the coronavirus pandemic

ABC  

From paving the way for mRNA vaccines to be used, to overseeing large-scale clinical trials, much of the critical work in bringing COVID-19 immunisations to the world has been done by women. Go direct to the source Photo shows Words sit atop a black background reading: "Get Australia's #1 news app". "I'm always thinking, 'Oh, we'll get to this point …

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Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines are just the beginning. Will Australia miss out on the mRNA medical revolution?
3 years, 10 months ago

Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines are just the beginning. Will Australia miss out on the mRNA medical revolution?

ABC  

When Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó got their COVID-19 vaccine jabs before Christmas at the University of Pennsylvania, the cameras were rolling. They borrow a mechanism that all of your cells use to make all the proteins in your body They borrow a mechanism that all of your cells use to make all the proteins in your body They work …

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Katalin Kariko’s work in mRNA is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccine
4 years ago

Katalin Kariko’s work in mRNA is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccine

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 vaccines are starting to roll out in several countries, a momentous breakthrough that hopefully signals a light at the end of this dark pandemic. “We had just moved into our new apartment, our daughter was 2 years old, everything was so good, we were happy,” Karikó told the Hungarian news site G7 of her family’s departure. Eventually, …

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Why mRNA vaccines like those being made to treat coronavirus are a quantum leap for biotech
4 years ago

Why mRNA vaccines like those being made to treat coronavirus are a quantum leap for biotech

Salon  

If the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines successfully put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic, as they seem poised to do, we will owe our salvation to the development of mRNA vaccines — an unprecedented, novel vaccine technology that may revolutionize how vaccines are made. "When you use viral-vectored-based or genetic vaccines, you deliver a blueprint that will allow the host …

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