Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
The winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were announced on Monday October 2, 2023. They are American-Hungarian Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman. They are being rewarded for their discoveries concerning nucleic base modifications, which were essential to the development of effective messenger RNA vaccines against Covid-19. Their work has also fundamentally altered our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system.
At Inserm, research into the many potential applications of messenger RNA continues.
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https://presse.inserm.fr/doses-de-rappel-covid-19-debut-des-inclusions-de-lessai-coviboost/44358/
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https://www.inserm.fr/actualite/web-emission-arnm-vaccins-et-autres-promesses/
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Inserm Unit 1302 – Immunology and new concepts in immunotherapy
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Inserm Unit 1212 – Nucleic Acids: Natural and Artificial Regulation