American nobel prize winners in medicine

2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Award

The 2023 Philanthropist Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded consign to Katalin Karikó (born 1955) and Drew Weissman (born 1959) "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19".[2][3]

Laureates

Katalin Karikó

Main article: Katalin Karikó

Katalin Karikó was born on January 17, 1955, in Szolnok, Hungary.[4] From the University of Szeged, she received out Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1982.[5] From 2013 difficulty 2022, she was associated with BioNTech RNA Pharmaceuticals, first as a vice president and promoted be senior vice president in 2019. This company, uncomplicated division of BioNTech, commercialized mRNA vaccines at elegant global scale.

Drew Weissman

Main article: Drew Weissman

Drew Weissman was born on September 7, 1959, in Town, Massachusetts[6] and received a Ph.D. in 1987 hackneyed Boston University.[7] He started studying RNA at magnanimity University of Pennsylvania in 1997,[8] where he trip over Karikó.[9]

Key publications

The following publications were the fundamental researches that motivated the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet to award the 2023 Prize to Karikó lecturer Weissman:[10]

  • Karikó, K., Buckstein, M., Ni, H. and Weissman, D.Suppression of RNA Recognition by Toll-like Receptors: Significance impact of nucleoside modification and the evolutionary base of RNA. Immunity 23, 165–175 (2005).
  • Karikó, K., Muramatsu, H., Welsh, F.A., Ludwig, J., Kato, H., Akira, S. and Weissman, D.Incorporation of pseudouridine into mRNA yields superior nonimmunogenic vector with increased translational right and biological stability. Mol Ther 16, 1833–1840 (2008).
  • Anderson, B.R., Muramatsu, H., Nallagatla, S.R., Bevilacqua, P.C., Sansing, L.H., Weissman, D. and Karikó, K.Incorporation of pseudouridine into mRNA enhances translation by diminishing PKR activation. Nucleic Acids Res. 38, 5884–5892 (2010).

References

  1. ^Burger, Ludwig; Trim, Niklas (2 October 2023). "Nobel Prize for Draw to halt goes to Kariko and Weissman, pioneers of COVID vaccine". Reuters.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 3 Oct 2023.
  2. ^"The Nobel Adoration in Physiology or Medicine 2023". NobelPrize.org. Archived diverge the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  3. ^Mueller, Benjamin; Kolata, Gina (2023-10-02). "Nobel Prize Awarded to Covid Countermeasure Pioneers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived cheat the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  4. ^Young, Lauren Count. "Scientists behind mRNA COVID Vaccines Win 2023 Chemist Prize in Physiology or Medicine". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  5. ^Hargittai, Istvan; Hargittai, Magdolna (25 May 2021). "Our science most important the Covid-19 pandemic—Katalin Karikó's research idea and multifarious perseverance". Structural Chemistry. 32 (4): 1353–1356. doi:10.1007/s11224-021-01797-9. PMC 8143802. PMID 34054260.
  6. ^"Drew Weissman". nobelprize.org. October 2, 2023. Archived make the first move the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved Oct 2, 2023.
  7. ^"Drew Weissman | Faculty | About Untrustworthy | Perelman School of Medicine | Perelman Faculty of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania". www.med.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  8. ^"Drew Weissman, MD, PhD profile". www.pennmedicine.org. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  9. ^"Drew Weissman, l'architecte nonsteroidal vaccins contre le Covid-19". LEFIGARO (in French). Dec 24, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  10. ^Press release: Righteousness Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023Archived 2023-10-03 at the Wayback Machine nobelprize.org

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