The scientists join a list of distinguished winners who have contributed significantly to medicine and science throughout history.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, winners of the award.
The Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó and the American researcher Drew Weissman This Monday they obtained the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his notable contributions to the field of biotechnology and its fundamental role in the vaccine development against him COVID-19.
The scientists, who were on the list of favorites, were distinguished for “their discoveries about the modifications of the nucleic bases that allowed the development of effective vaccines against coronavirus”, the jury indicated.
“The winners contributed to the development of a unprecedented pace of a vaccine during one of the greatest threats to humanity’s health in modern times,” he added.
The announcement, made in Stockholm, Sweden, was received with international recognition. The researchers will be honored in a ceremony next December 10 in the same city, coinciding with the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the creator of these awards.
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In the ceremony, the king of sweden, Charles XVI Gustavwill give Karikó and Weissman a diploma, a gold medal and a check for almost a million dollars in recognition of those honored.
How awards season will continue
The Nobel Prize announcement season will continue in the coming days with the award of Physics and chemistryfollowed by Literature and Peace.
In turn, the season will end on October 9 with the revelation of Nobel Prize in Economicscreated in 1969 at the initiative of the Bank of Sweden.
He last year, he Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to Swedish Svante Pääbo for his research in the field of paleogenetics and its contribution to the understanding of human evolution.
Source: Ambito
