Biochemist Kariko awarded Semmelweis Prize

Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko, whose decades of work with mRNA technology was instrumental in the development of Covid-19 vaccines, was awarded the Ignaz Semmelweis Prize by the minister of human resources on Tuesday. In her acceptance speech, Kariko vowed to continue her research, saying that it was crucial to find cures for diseases that had to be "pushed to the side" because of the coronavirus pandemic.