Announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by Professor Thomas Perlmann, Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly, on 2 October 2023. Interview about the awarded work “This can also help us combat non-infectious diseases, like cancer” Immediately after the announcement, Professor Qiang Pan Hammarström, member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, was…

Scientific background Discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 When SARS-CoV-2 emerged in late 2019 and rapidly spread to all parts of the world, few thought that vaccines could be developed in time to help curb the increasing global disease burden. Yet, several vaccines were approved in…

English Press release 2023-10-02 has today decided to award the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 The discoveries by the two Nobel Laureates were critical for developing effective mRNA vaccines…

Swedish Pressmeddelande 2023-10-02 har idag beslutat att Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin år 2023 skall tilldelas Katalin Karikó och Drew Weissman för deras upptäckter rörande nukleosidbasmodifieringar som möjliggjorde utveckling av effektiva mRNA-vacciner mot covid-19 De belönade upptäckterna blev avgörande för utvecklingen av effektiva mRNA-vacciner mot covid-19 under den pandemi som drabbade världen i början av…

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Esa-Pekka Salonen and violinist Julia Fischer performed at the Nobel Prize Concert This year’s Nobel Prize Concert brought together world-renowned conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and acclaimed violinist Julia Fischer, together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Works by Boccherini, Brahms and Ravel were performed on the Konserthuset Stockholm stage. The audience could also hear a work…