In 2023, the Hungarian Katalin Kariko and the American Drew Weissman won thanks to their work on messenger RNA vaccines.
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded this Monday, October 7 to the Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun “for the discovery of micro-RNA and its role in the post-transcriptional regulation of genes”.
Two pioneers of messenger RNA vaccines crowned in 2023
Last year, there were two of them to receive this prestigious prize: the Hungarian Katalin Kariko and the American Drew Weissman rewarded for their discoveries in the field of messenger RNA which opened the way to vaccines against Covid-19.
The two researchers were distinguished “for their discoveries concerning the modifications of the nucleic bases which allowed the development of effective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19”, the jury then announced.
The Nobel season continues in Stockholm on Tuesday with physics, then chemistry on Wednesday, before the highly anticipated literature prizes on Thursday and the peace prize on Friday, the only prize awarded in Oslo.
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