Scientists behind mRNA Covid-19 vaccine win Nobel Prize

The scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Dr Katalin Kariko and Dr Drew Weissman were awarded the prize on Monday for contributing to an “unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times”.

mRNA vaccines were first rolled out by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna at the end of 2020 and are highly effective at preventing serious disease from Covid. Widespread vaccination has helped to end the pandemic.

By Daniel Keane.

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