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born 1955 Hungary

Katalin Karikó (born 17 January 1955) is a Hungarian biochemist who specializes in RNA-mediated mechanisms. This technology has been licensed by BioNTech and Moderna to develop their COVID-19 vaccines.

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Every night I was working: grant, grant, grant. And it came back always no, no, no.

The idea was to give our cells, thanks to messenger Rna (mRna), the instructions to produce proteins capable of curing diseases. ... with RNA he can make his cells produce that protein continuously for 2-3 days and everything is resolved.

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