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Nobel Prize goes to science behind mRNA Covid vaccines

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October 2, 2023

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Pfizer And Moderna Have Begun Testing Their Vaccines On Children — A vial with a Pfizer label is seen with a syringa and needle in this photo illustration taken in Warsaw, Poland on March 31, 2021. Pfizer and Moderna have started COVID-19 vaccine trials on children as young as 6 months and ages up to 11 years old in the US and Canada. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The two researchers who created the technology that resulted in the mRNA Covid vaccinations received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

According to the BBC, Dr. Katalin Kariko and Dr. Drew Weissman will split the award.

Prior to the epidemic, the technique was unproven, but it is now available to millions of people worldwide.