Katalin Kariko (left) and Drew Weissman were awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023. Illustrations: X/The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Illustrator: Mattias Karlén
Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023: Kariko, Weissman win for enabling development of mRNA vaccines
Eisner performed his prizewinning research together with Karikó at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly, announced the award Monday (October 2) in Stockholm, Sweden.
Karikó is a professor at Sagan's University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Eisner performed his prizewinning research together with Karikó at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Nobel Prizes carry a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor (USD 1 million). The money comes from a bequest left by the prize's creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896.
Katalin Kariko
Born: 17 January 1955, Szolnok, Hungary
Affiliation at the time of the award: Szeged University, Szeged, Hungary; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”
Drew Weissman
Born: 7 September 1959, Lexington, MA, USA
Affiliation at the time of the award: Penn Institute for RNA Innovations, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”
