Nobel Prize Awarded to Covid Vaccine Pioneers

The physiology or medicine prize for Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman recognized work that led to the development of vaccines that were administered to billions around the world.

The New York Times
Icing on the cake…
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@davidho You don't want to wait to learn more about the work of the nobel prize winners? Watch this brandnew documentary

#nobelprize

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/109391-000-A/the-mrna-revolution/

The mRNA Revolution - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English

Covid-19 first brought it to public attention, but messenger RNA was discovered sixty years earlier. Through the many trials and pitfalls of its pioneering researchers and developers, this documentary tells the fascinating story of a medical revolution.

ARTE
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Wish it was jus f*** Penn, although it's pretty cheeky to take all the credit now, it's the whole damn system.

@davidho what happened at Penn is chronic in academia as is funder bias. Regarding this manuscript being rejected by Nature & Science and accepted by Immunology, it’s a reasonable outcome. Modified NA bases by 2005 weren’t novel and their impact on inflammation response to mRNA is more specialized than general interest. Hindsight is 20/20 after all.

External leadership is needed to realize genuine systemic reform. But, if SOS behavior in mCDR is any indication, it’s not happening anytime soon.

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Reminds me of what I read in the autobiography of Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, where he struggled for years to pay for an education and to find a place to do his work because he grew up with the wrong skin color and from the wrong parts of Louisiana and Mississippi.
@davidho who let pass that pejorative description of her persistence and tenacity as “latching onto more senior scientists” ?? … #WomenInScience
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"not faculty quality" probably just means "not doing work funded by a big pocket donor" at this point. What a sad pathetic education system.
@davidho it's "fucking" my friend. It's 2023, individual letters aren't offensive and Santa isn't real. You're welcome for my service.
@davidho lmfao, you didn't even say fuck Penn over on the freeze peach Nazi site you love. 🤡

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"I disapprove of what you do, but I will defend to the death my right to take credit for it"
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@davidho penn should have just stayed out of this lmao