Prof. Drew Weissman (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Prof. Katalin Karikó (BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals, Germany), two authors who won the BIAL Award in Biomedicine 2021 with work focused on ...

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman received this year’s Physiology or Medicine award for their work on RNA biology and mRNA-based vaccines. Danielle is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist. She has a ...

(JTA) — Drew Weissman, a Jewish scientist who identified the technology that made possible the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine. Weissman shared the prize ...

Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, is a prominent physician-scientist who, together with fellow honorary degree recipient Katalin Karikó, conducted research on the modification of nucleic acids for ...

In 2021, Time magazine hailed Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, H’23, as one of its Heroes of the Year for his research leading to the development of COVID-19 vaccines that have saved millions of ...

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman were recognized on Monday for laying the groundwork for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Research by Kariko and Weissman led to the creation of mRNA vaccines. Messenger RNA ...

Researchers Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for groundbreaking Covid-19 vaccines. The pair ...