Katalin Karikó

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Katalin Karikó

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Katalin Karikó
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

Born: 17 January 1955, Szolnok, Hungary

Affiliation at the time of the award: Szeged University, Szeged, Hungary; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”

Prize share: 1/2

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