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Drew Weissman (born September 7, 1959) is an American physician and immunologist known for his contributions to RNA biology. Weissman is the inaugural Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, and professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).
- Ann Marshak-Rothstein
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- September 7, 1959 (age 64), Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Drew Weissman is a world-renowned physician and researcher at Penn Medicine, best known for his contributions to RNA biology and the COVID-19 vaccines. He and his team developed the modified mRNA technology that enables Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's vaccines to prevent COVID-19. He also works on other vaccine projects, such as Lyme disease, HIV, and flu.
The Weissman lab is led by Dr. Drew Weissman, a Nobel Laureate in Medicine and a pioneer in the science of immunology. The lab studies nucleoside-modified mRNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) therapeutics for vaccines and protein therapeutics, such as monoclonal antibodies and gene editing.
Drew Weissman is a world-renowned physician and researcher at Penn Medicine, best known for his contributions to RNA biology and the COVID-19 vaccines. He invented the modified mRNA technology being used in Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s vaccines to prevent COVID-19. He is also working on pan-coronavirus, universal flu, and herpes vaccines, as well as cancer therapeutics with mRNA technology.
Oct 2, 2023 · Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, who together identified a chemical tweak to messenger RNA, were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday. Their work enabled potent Covid...
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Drew Weissman is a professor and director of vaccine research at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies RNA and innate immune system biology and develops mRNA-based vaccines for HIV, Lyme, SARS-CoV-2 and malaria.
Oct 2, 2023 · Physician and scientist Drew Weissman, who earned both an MD and a PhD at Boston University, and his research collaborator, Katalin Karikó, have won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering work developing the technology that powers the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the Nobel committee announced on ...
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