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.
German biotech firm BioNTech said in June that about 1.5 billion people had received its mRNA shot, co-developed with major drugmaker Pfizer, across the world. "Together they have saved millions of lives, prevented severe COVID-19, reduced the overall disease burden and enabled societies to open up again."
Messenger RNA, by contrast, works like a software that can be injected into the body to instruct human cells to churn out the desired proteins.The medicine prize kicks off this year's awards with the remaining five to be unveiled in the coming days.
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