Drew Weissman
Drew Weissman · Science & Medicine
Nucleoside base modifications enabling effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
1959, Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
United States (Boston · National Institutes of Health · University of Pennsylvania)
Drew Weissman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Nucleoside base modifications enabling effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Born to a Jewish family in Massachusetts, Weissman is a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania. Over years of collaboration with Katalin Karikó, he found that chemically modifying the building blocks (nucleosides) of messenger RNA lets it enter cells without provoking a dangerous inflammatory response, making mRNA usable as a medicine. This breakthrough enabled the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and earned them the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Medicine 2023
Nucleoside base modifications enabling effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Medicine 2023
