The discoveries of Karikó -Hungarian-American- and Weissman -American- "were fundamental to developing effective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 during the pandemic that began in early 2020," explained the Swedish entity when announcing the award.
Their findings paved the way for these vaccines, which "have saved millions of lives and prevented serious illnesses in many more."
The Nobel Prize has been awarded to them for "their discoveries on the modifications of nucleoside bases that allowed the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19," according to the jury's ruling.
"Through their groundbreaking findings, this year's honorees have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system. “They have contributed, at an unprecedented rate, to the development of vaccines during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times,” Karolinska explained.
The awardees discovered that base-modified mRNA can be used to block the activation of inflammatory reactions and increase protein production when the mRNA is administered to cells.
The pair published their results "in a seminal 2005 paper that received little attention at the time, but laid the foundation for critically important developments that have served humanity during the COVID-19 pandemic."
According to the weekly The Jewish Exponent, published in Pennsylvania, Drew Weissman was raised by his Jewish father and his Italian mother, who never converted to Judaism; although he grew up celebrating all the Hebrew holidays and still does with his wife Mary Ellen Weissman, who is an observant Jew, and also with his children who attend Temple Beth Hillel/Beth El in Wynnewood, although his family It is not religious.
Weissman received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Brandeis University, founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian coeducational institution sponsored by the Jewish community. There he met his wife Mary Ellen.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine is the first in the round of these prestigious awards, which will be followed by the announcements in successive days of those in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace and finally that of Economics, next Monday. EFE and Aurora
And who the hell cares about this news??!!
And who the hell cares about your opinion??!!
I say: Why don't you read Patoruzito, or Isidoro Cañones or a comic magazine from your country of origin. Now, according to you, the Nobel Prizes are not important. Neither is why they give them to them. According to you, the millions of people who died around the world would not matter either. Very good, you seem like a very intelligent person.
Do you realize how gross you are???We can all thank those who went out of their way for their neighbors. Even though 18 years have passed for their gratitude, God allows others to be like them.Shalom.
Congratulations
Aurora, why do you lend yourself to this pandemic farce?
Stop manipulating the masses and instilling fear in them!!
Farce? There is no doubt that you were lucky, no one close to you died, whether you call them a family member, friend, etc. It is not a matter of "instilling fear", it was and is reality.
Investigate more...if you want, tell me how I can send you credible information.
That...Nobel Prize winners, researchers awarded for contributing to fighting the pandemic...Climate Change...all falsehoods...have they not seen on the networks that the Earth is Flat!...there are so many "influencers" with millions of followers and importance is given to two Nobel Prize winners who do not even have their own channel where they can spread the word about the importance of wearing flip-flops to the beach...
A farce is your unfounded opinion.
Lie, everything is a show. Better say that they created that diabolical virus.