The NYAM honored Katalin Karikó and fellow researcher Drew Weissman, emphasizing that "They have made breakthroughs and innovations that will change the face of healthcare for years to come,"Continue reading
Katalin Karikó has received another prestigious award. The ‘Future Prize’ was awarded by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on November 17 in Berlin. It went to the developers of Biontech’s Corona vaccine, BioNTech founders Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci, as well as Christoph Huber, and Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó.
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“What BioNTech has achieved in the pandemic is groundbreaking and inspiring,” said Anja Karliczek (CDU), the acting federal research minister.
With the development of a safe and effective vaccine, BioNTech researchers have presumably saved the lives of millions of people worldwide and protected them from severe courses of the disease,”
the citation states.
In recent months, Karikó has already received several prestigious international prizes, such as the Breakthrough Prize, described as a “scientific Oscar,” the Medical Science Prize of Keiō University in Tokyo, the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, and the New York Academy of Medicine Prize.
In Hungary, she was awarded the Semmelweis Prize in May.
Source: Bayerischer Rundfunk
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