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Karikó Katalin with a statue of Albert Szent-Györgyi, a fellow Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner, at the University of Szeged. Katalin Karikó was born in Szolnok, and grew up in Kisújszállás, Hungary, in a small home without running water, a refrigerator, or television. Her father was a butcher, and her mother was a bookkeeper.
Oct 2, 2023 · Dr. Karikó is the 13th woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine since 1901, and the first since 2015. Women represent a small fraction of the total of 227 people who have ...
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Apr 29, 2022 · Dr. Karikó, along with her colleagues, Prof. Weissman and Prof. Cullis, became the Laureates of the US$3 million VinFuture Grand Prize from the VinFuture Foundation on the evening of January 21, 2022. The team of scientists was honored for the development of mRNA technology, the foundation of the COVID-19 vaccines that helped the world cope ...
Oct 30, 2023 · The work of Katalin Karikó, 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine recipient, laid a foundation for the development of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines that saved close to 20 million lives worldwide. But her discoveries almost did not happen, writes Alicia L. Johnson, a civic science postdoctoral associate at the Baker Institute Center for Health and Biosciences. Karikó’s story highlights the vital importance ...
Oct 1, 2021 · Karikó and Dr. Drew Weissman frequently met at the photocopier, sometimes arguing over who should get to use it first. Karikó told Weismann, who had joined the University of Pennsylvania’s Medical School in 1998, that she could make any mRNA. Weissman, also interested in mRNA, listened.
Oct 2, 2023 · “Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are brilliant researchers who represent the epitome of scientific inspiration and determination. Day after day, Dr. Weissman, Dr. Karikó and their teams worked tirelessly to unlock the power of mRNA as a therapeutic platform, not knowing the way in which their work could serve to meet a big challenge the world would one day face,” said Penn President Liz ...
Oct 2, 2023 · Nobel Prize winners Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman pioneered the technology that produced a Covid-19 vaccine in record time. Next, mRNA could tackle flu, malaria, and HIV.
