Within the CEDENNA Seminar Cycle Framework, the prominent CBA researcher from the Department of Biology Dr. Claudio Acuña offered a dynamic and interesting talk about the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine obtained by the American immunologist Dr. Drew Weissman and the Hungarian Biochemist, Dr. Katalin Karikó.
They were awarded this recognition for their discoveries on nucleotide base modifications that allowed the development of effective mRNA (Messenger Ribonucleic Acid) vaccines against Covid-19.
Hungarian biochemist Dr. Katalin Karikó spent several years developing key advances for modern injections and BioNTech, while immunologist Dr. Drew Weissman worked closely with Dr. Kalikó and made mRNA therapies possible. , thus incorporating it into the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
The activity took place in the Auditorium of the Rector Eduardo Morales Research Centers Building where researchers and students from the center were able to exchange their ideas by asking questions at the end of the seminar.
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