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Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66983060/
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines.
The Nobel Prize committee said: “The laureates contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.”
Traditional vaccine technology has been based on dead or weakened versions of the original virus or bacterium - or by using fragments of the infectious agent.
Asked about how the pair first reacted to hearing the news that they had won the prize, Professor Kaliko said she thought it was “just a joke” initially.
The immune system recognises these as foreign so it attacks and has learned how to fight the virus, and therefore has a head start when future infections occur.
But by refining the technology, the researchers were able to produce large amounts of the intended protein without causing dangerous levels of inflammation that had been seen in animal experiments.
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