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Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday to two scientists whose work led to the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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Kariko calls Nobel win 'unbelievable'
Katalin Kariko, who won the Nobel Medicine Prize for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, paving the way for COVID-19 vaccines, told Swedish media on Monday winning felt "unbelievable".
Oct 2, 2023
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Drew Weissman, Nobel-winning mRNA pioneer
Drew Weissman's decades of research into mRNA technology paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, finally earning a Nobel prize for the physician-scientist.
Oct 2, 2023
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From COVID to cancer: High hopes for Nobel mRNA vaccines
The coronavirus pandemic brought global renown to the mRNA technology that underpins vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, and on Monday earned a Nobel Prize for two scientists who have been key to its development.
Oct 2, 2023
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Katalin Kariko, scientific maverick who paved way for mRNA vaccines
Hungarian-born scientist Katalin Kariko's obsession with researching a substance called mRNA to fight disease once cost her a faculty position at a prestigious US university, which dismissed the idea as a dead end.
Oct 2, 2023
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Nobel in medicine goes to two scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic—technology that's also being studied to fight ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Narcolepsy, cancer tipped as Medicine Prize opens Nobel week
Narcolepsy, cancer or mRNA vaccine research could win the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday when a week of announcements kick off, but experts see no clear frontrunner for the Peace Prize.
Oct 2, 2023
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Researchers identify important new signaling molecule involved in vascular health
In the 25 years since the Nobel Prize was awarded for discovering the role that nitric oxide (NO) plays in the cardiovascular system, researchers have been racing to learn more about how this mysterious signaling molecule ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Cardiology
Extracting blood-induced color changes on the face for non-contact heart rate estimation
Heart rate (HR) estimation is an essential component of health monitoring, and provides useful insights regarding the physiological and emotional state of humans. In the past decade or so, researchers have explored newer ...
Aug 7, 2023
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How sensory neurons impact the gut
Gastrointestinal and digestive issues impact roughly 3 million people across the United States alone, and that number is growing. A new study from Scripps Research scientists shows how sensory neurons control our gastrointestinal ...
Aug 3, 2023
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