<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine-2023 was awarded jointly to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Dr Katalin Kariko and Dr Drew Weissman will share the prize.</div><div><br></div><div>The technology was experimental before the pandemic, but has now been given to millions of people around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>The same mRNA technology is now being researched for other diseases and even cancer. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>