Vaccines are about to change the world...again. The scientists who first developed mRNA vaccines earned a Nobel Prize in 2023. mRNA vaccines are used to help battle COVID-19, and have the potential to eradicate diseases like HIV, herpes, sickle cell anemia, and even cancer. Learn how the vaccines work and where the technology could be headed in this explainer video.
The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for COVID-19 use the mRNA (messenger RNA) technology developed at Penn by two Nobel Prize winning scientists: infectious disease expert Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, and his longtime research collaborator Katalin Karikó, PhD, an adjunct associate professor. Dr. Weissman has been studying mRNA vaccines for decades. This technology could change the way future vaccines are made to prevent countless other diseases.
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