Nobel Prize for medicine won by covid-19 vaccine scientists

Dr Katalin Karikó, pictured here at University College Cork earlier this year, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine jointly with Drew Weissman for their work that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against covid. Picture: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

The Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against covid-19.

Thomas Perlmann, secretary of the Nobel Assembly, announced the award on Monday in Stockholm.