Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman have been awarded the 2023 Nobel prize in Physiology/Medicine for their discoveries in nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. Their groundbreaking findings have revolutionized our understanding of how mRNA interacts with the immune system and contributed to the rapid development of vaccines during the pandemic.