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Demoted for her research, Katalin Kariko’s work made Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 possible – Vanguard
Katalin Kariko’s obsession with mRNA cost her a faculty position. Today her work made Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine possible.
Katalin Kariko
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, but her work has helped in making the COVID-19 vaccine.
Now, her pioneering work which paved the way for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines could be what saves the world from a 100-year pandemic.
“This is just kind of unbelievable,” she told AFP in a video call from…
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