“The story of mRNA: How a once-dismissed idea became a leading technology in the Covid vaccine race”
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Drew Weissman
Drew Weissman is a Nobel Prize winning American physician and immunologist known for his contributions to RNA biology. Weissman is the inaugural Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, and professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn).
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science · American physician and immunologist (born 1959) · researcher · biochemist · university teacher · inventor · immunologist · also Drew Weissman, Weissman
Born 7 September 1959 · Q88608402
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2026· 3 entries
Napolike.com: The Bold and the Beautiful: Christian Weissman as Remy Pryce
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Drew Weissman
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2023· 11 entries
Brandeis University: Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, H’23, awarded Nobel Prize
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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New York Daily News: Miracle of medicine: COVID vaccine pioneers Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman get a deserved Nobel Prize
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Benzinga.com: Bill Gates Applauds Nobel Laureates Katalin Kariko And Drew Weissman Behind Revolutionary mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
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The Business Journals: Mass. native Drew Weissman wins Nobel Prize for contributions to Covid-19 vaccines
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The Forward: Drew Weissman, Jewish immunologist, wins Nobel Prize for his work on Covid vaccines
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Medical Xpress: Drew Weissman, Nobel-winning mRNA pioneer
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Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2023).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2023).
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"for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19"
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Received the Harvey Prize of the Technion in Israel (awarded for the year 2021)
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2022· 8 entries
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022).
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Awarded Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (2022).
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (2022).
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Awarded Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2022).
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Won Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal (2022).
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Received the Robert Koch Prize and the Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science, the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine and American Academy o
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Was elected to the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Weissman and Karikó were awarded the Novo Nordisk Prize
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2021· 8 entries
Awarded Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2021).
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Awarded Albany Medical Center Prize (2021).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2021).
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Awarded Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2021).
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Awarded John Scott Award (2021).
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Awarded William B. Coley Award (2021).
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Awarded Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (2021).
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Was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award in the category for Scientific Research
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Rosenstiel Award (2020).
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Their modified RNA technology became the key foundational component of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, which were deployed worldwide against the COVID-19 pandemic
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2013· 1 entry
Published “Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided Platform for Sequence-Specific Control of Gene Expression” in Cell — cited 4,755 times.
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2012· 3 entries
Published “Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,825 times.
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Published “Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 6,639 times.
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Published “A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010” in The Lancet — cited 9,271 times.
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2006· 1 entry
Weissman and Karikó co-founded RNARx
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2005· 1 entry
Published several landmark studies that used synthetic nucleosides to modify the RNA to prevent its degradation by the body
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2002· 1 entry
Published “Standardized Myocardial Segmentation and Nomenclature for Tomographic Imaging of the Heart” in Circulation — cited 5,459 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Stem cells, cancer, and cancer stem cells” in Nature — cited 7,608 times.
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1997· 1 entry
Weissman moved to the University of Pennsylvania to start his laboratory in order to study RNA and innate immune system biology
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1987· 1 entry
Studied at Boston University, Doctor of Medicine (1987).
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1981· 2 entries
Where he majored in biochemistry and enzymology and he worked in the lab of Gerald Fasman
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Studied at Brandeis University, Bachelor of Science (1981).
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1959· 2 entries
Born 1959-09-07.
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To Hal and Adele Weissman
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