Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine-2023

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, for their discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist who specializes in RNA-mediated mechanisms. She is one of the pioneers of mRNA technology and the COVID-19 vaccines. She is also the 2023 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, along with Drew Weissman, for their discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

She was born in 1955 in Szolnok, Hungary, and grew up in Kisújszállás, a small town without many amenities. She excelled in science from an early age and earned her bachelor's degree and doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Szeged. She immigrated to the United States in 1985 and joined the University of Pennsylvania in 1989, where she met Weissman and began their collaboration on mRNA research.

Despite facing many challenges and setbacks in her career, she persevered and continued to pursue her passion for RNA science. She co-founded and was CEO of RNARx, a company that focused on mRNA for protein therapy. She also joined BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals in 2013 as a vice president and was promoted to senior vice president in 2019. She is still an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania. ⁴

Her work has revolutionized the field of immunology and biotechnology, and has opened up new possibilities for treating various diseases with mRNA. She has received many awards and honors for her contributions, including the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, Time Magazine's Hero of the Year 2021, Tang Prize Award in Biopharmaceutical Science, and many others. She is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of our time.

Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist who specializes in RNA-mediated mechanisms. She is one of the pioneers of mRNA technology and the COVID-19 vaccines. She is also the 2023 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, along with Drew Weissman, for their discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

She was born in 1955 in Szolnok, Hungary, and grew up in Kisújszállás, a small town without many amenities.

She excelled in science from an early age and earned her bachelor's degree and doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Szeged.

She immigrated to the United States in 1985 and joined the University of Pennsylvania in 1989, where she met Weissman and began their collaboration on mRNA research.

Despite facing many challenges and setbacks in her career, she persevered and continued to pursue her passion for RNA science.

She co-founded and was CEO of RNARx, a company that focused on mRNA for protein therapy. She also joined BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals in 2013 as a vice president and was promoted to senior vice president in 2019. She is still an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Nobel Prize winners of 2023 are as follows:

- Physiology or Medicine: Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, for their discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

- Physics: Andrea Ghez, Reinhard Genzel and Roger Penrose, for their discoveries about black holes and the general theory of relativity.

- Chemistry: Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Feng Zhang, for their development of CRISPR-Cas9, a genome editing tool that allows precise and programmable changes to DNA.

- Literature: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, for his novels and essays that explore the themes of colonialism, resistance, language and identity in African literature.

- Peace: Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties, for their efforts to defend human rights and democracy in the face of authoritarian regimes and armed conflicts.

- Economic Sciences: Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig, for their contributions to the understanding of financial crises and the role of central banks..

Source: Conversation with Bing, 10/2/2023

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