The Nobel Prize in medicine is a testament to the power of perseverance in science. Professor Katalin Kariko and Dr Drew Weissman won the award for their discoveries that helped enable mRNA to be used as a drug or vaccine.
It is hard to imagine a more deserving Nobel Prize than one for an achievement credited with saving millions of lives. And we might never have got here if scientists like Prof Kariko had not persisted in the face of doubt.
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