Rich Stein (he/him)Oct 2, 2023

Vindicated — more than 13 billion times! *
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Story of grit, #persistence & kindness, as Drs. Katalin #Karikó and Drew #Weissman win the #Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for "... discoveries... that enabled the development of effective #mRNA #vaccines against #COVID-19"
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“I am so glad it helped humanity." — Dr. Karikó
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-https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66983060

-https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2023-10-02/kariko-weissman-mrna-covid-vaccine-nobel-prize

-https://whyy.org/articles/nobel-prize-medicine-mrna-vaccine-katalin-kariko-drew-weissman-university-of-pennsylvania/

- The #perseverance of Katalin Karikó: https://jozzy.medium.com/2020-perseverance-has-a-face-on-earth-too-katalin-karik%C3%B3-5737267f54a7

* https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/

Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman developed the technology which led to Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines.

BBC News
Show threadRich Stein (he/him)

You won't want to miss this. Perhaps it was planned by the university (how many people have camera crews in their homes?), but doesn't matter. It's wonderful. Drew #Weissman, co-recipient with (Katalin #Karikó) of the 2023 #Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for work that led to creation of #mRNA #vaccines against #COVID19 calls to tell his parents that he won.
https://www.kveller.com/this-video-of-a-jewish-nobel-prize-winner-telling-his-parents-he-won-is-everything/

Have a great weekend — even if you don't win anything. Capture — and spread — some #joy.
#mensch #family

This Video of a Jewish Nobel Prize Winner Telling His Parents He Won Is Everything – Kveller

Your child winning the Nobel prize is kind of a stereotypical Jewish parent’s (and let’s face it, every parent’s) dream. Yet for the parents of Jewish immunologist Drew Weissman and his research partner Katalin Kariko, that dream became a reality this week when the two research partners who created the technology that gave us the […]

Kveller
Oct 6, 2023 at 9:19pmWeb
Show threadTJ RadcliffeOct 6, 2023
@RunRichRun I was part of the large group of physicists that won the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for proving neutrinos have mass, and was astonished to get a call from my mother when it was announced to the public. I was in my mid 50s and it was the first and only time she was ever proud of me. Maybe this is why I have so much sympathy and admiration for my Jewish friends!