The winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine have been announced

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In Sweden and Norway, on the first day of Nobel Week, the names of the laureates in the field of physiology and medicine were announced.

This is reported on the website of the Nobel Foundation.

On October 2, the Nobel Committee awarded scientists Katalin Carico and Drew Weisman, who became laureates of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

Scientists were awarded for the discovery that allowed the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Screenshot from the Nobel website

The discoveries of the two Nobel laureates were said to be critical to the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic that began in early 2020.

“With their groundbreaking discoveries that have fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with the immune system, the laureates have contributed to an unprecedented pace of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health of our time.” – reported on the website of the Nobel Prize.

The news is updated…

We previously reported that in the US and Great Britain, people are vaccinated with an RNA vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech, which contains genetic instructions to help our immune system protect itself from the virus.

Read also: How new generation vaccines work – “genetic” and “vector”

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