Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman: 2022 Breakthrough Prize Life Sciences

Katalin Karikó
BioNTech and University of Pennsylvania

Drew Weissman
University of Pennsylvania

For engineering modified RNA technology which enabled rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines.

The scientific and medical response to Covid-19 has been unprecedented, and two of this year’s prizes are for breakthroughs that played a significant role in that response. The innovative vaccines developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that have proven effective against the virus rely on decades of work by Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman. Convinced of the promise of mRNA therapies despite widespread skepticism, they created a technology that is not only vital in the fight against the coronavirus today, but holds vast promise for future vaccines and treatments for a wide range of diseases including HIV, cancer, autoimmune and genetic diseases.

[hualani]

These researchers have discovered the success of mRNA design for vaccines, which will breakthrough in more ways of life saving & preventative medicine than we've yet to realize. They deserve more recognition than they're getting, I'd hope one day to know these names have household recognition around the world. Congrats! Dr.Katalin Karikó & Dr. Drew Weissman!

[emanacio]

Nem értem! És lenne pár kérdésem:
Katalint kitüntetik olyan vakcináért, amit ha a kovid ellen beadnak ugyanúgy elkapja az ember, ugyanúgy megfertőződik és fertőz és esetleg bele is hal?
A védőoltásnak nem védenie kellene? Lásd: gyerekbénulás, kanyaró, ...
Ha a teremben mindenki beoltatta magát, akkor minek a maszk?
Ezek szerint mégsem bíznak Katalin munkásságában és annak eredményében?
Egyébként az oltásért nem felelős a kormány, nem felelős a gyártó, nem felelős az oltó orvos, akkor Katalin vállalja a felelősséget?