Robert McNeesNature desk-rejected their paper!
This is right up there with the way the Nobel Committee used to tweet happy birthday to Russell Hulse, then mention that it also happened to be the anniversary of Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovering pulsars.
The definition of chutzpah is killing your parents, then begging the court to have mercy because you're an orphan.
Penn demoted Karikó, removing her from the tenure track and making her an "adjunct associate professor." They also cut her salary. They should be issuing a public apology. Completely shameless.
rhempel@mcnees ... yes and, ...
The world has known about who has developed the mRNA technology for some time, so I'm a little surprised that they haven't been hired away by another institution or already promoted or given an incredible multi-year contract.
Oh wait, I was thinking about soccer players. :-(
Follow the money, I'll bet that there's an even uglier story to be found when we discover who actually owns the work they did ...