Katalin Karikó

Katalin "Kati" Karikó (, ; born 17 January 1955) is a Hungarian-American biochemist. Her work focuses in ribonucleic acid (RNA)-mediated mechanisms, particularly in vitro-transcribed messenger RNA (mRNA) for protein replacement therapy.

Karikó's work helped lead to the creation of the mRNA vaccines.  Karikó received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work, along with American immunologist Drew Weissman.

She was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2020.

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