Hungarian Katalin Kariko awarded Nobel Prize in medicine budapesttimes.hu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from budapesttimes.hu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Karikó, who is the vice-president of BioNTech, became best known for her work with mRNA technology that is used in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines.
The Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó who was crucial in developing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been made an Honorary Citizen of Szeged; where she started her university studies.
Karikó, who is the vice-president of BioNTech, became best known for her work with mRNA technology that is used in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines.
But the researcher feels she has done all she can in the fight against the COVID epidemic and will now be returning to her previous projects, such as developing a vaccine against cancer. I think at the moment, testing new variants and, if necessary, making a new vaccine - that can be done by my colleagues, she said.
Katalin Karikó Visits Alma Mater, Receives Honorary Szeged Citizenship hungarytoday.hu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hungarytoday.hu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.