Breaking Through: My Life in Science

Katalin Karikó, PhD, is a Hungarian American biochemist who specializes in RNA-mediated mechanisms. She is an adjunct professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, and her research was foundational in the development of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna covid-19 mRNA vaccin. Karikó worked in obscurity, battled cockroaches in a windowless lab, and faced outright derision and even deportation threats from her bosses and colleagues. She balked as prestigious research institutions increasingly conflated science and money. Despite setbacks, she never wavered in her belief that an ephemeral and underappreciated molecule called messenger RNA could change the world. Karikó believed that someday mRNA would transform ordinary cells into tiny factories capable of producing their own medicines on demand. She sacrificed nearly everything for this dream, but the obstacles she faced only motivated her, and eventually she succeeded.

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  • marchehua .com (‘ Message to Friends,  Katalin Karikó: The unimaginable, obstacle-laden, multi-decade journey to discover the mRNA platform and win the 2023 Nobel Prize, Transcript is available :”…1️⃣-Drew Weissman said that when they investigated those who are spreading most of these news against the vaccine, they are selling some kind of products. benefiting, just like, you know, 100 years ago, those who were afraid that they can see through their clothes, you know, they start to sell x-ray resistant underwear, of course, you know, you know, they made money💰, made money💰 on the people’s fear. 2️⃣-…they do things you know which helps the virus to spread, etc… “, THANK YOU Prof. Eric Topol. Have a good day. Be Safery, Friends… Feb. 4 2024 . ‘)
  • erictopol .substack.com/p/katalin-kariko-the-unimaginable-obstacle (‘ Dr. Eric Topol : My conversation with Katalin Karikó, the 2023 Nobel laureate for discovery of the mRNA platform. It’s hard to imagine a more inspiring story! Ground Truths podcasts are now on Apple and Spotify. Feb. 3, 2024  ‘)
  • pennmedicine .org/providers/profile/katalin-kariko (‘ Meet Dr. Katalin Kariko “Karikó” ‘)
  • nobelprize .org/all-nobel-prizes-2023 (‘ he Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 : Katalin Karikó, Drew Weissman, Jon Fosse, Aleksey Yekimov, Louis E. Brus, Moungi G. Bawendi , Anne L’Huillier, Ferenc Krausz , Pierre Agostini  ‘)
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