Katalin Karikó’s Nobel Prize–Winning Work on mRNA Was Long Ignored—And Led to COVID Vaccines

Katalin Karikó, a Hungarian-born biochemist, dedicated her life’s work to messenger RNA (mRNA), which she always believed had the potential to change the world. After decades of being ignored, she persisted with the research that eventually revolutionized the field of medicine and enabled the development of lifesaving vaccines in record time during the COVID pandemic. Karikó tells her story in her memoir Breaking Through: My Life in Science, sharing her journey from young researcher in Hungary to Nobel Prize–winning biochemist.In this conversation, she reflects on the challenges and breakthroughs that…

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