Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam, part of the panel that chose the winners, said of their work that 'in terms of saving lives, especially in the early phase of the pandemic, it was very important.'
The discoveries of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and could be used in the future to create other shots.
Katalin Karikó, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, were cited "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19."
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Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and that could be used to develop other shots in the future.