Question 31
MediumOriginal questionKatalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work that led to which kind of vaccine?
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C
Correct answer: C
Explanation
Their discoveries on nucleoside base modifications made effective mRNA vaccines possible.
mRNA vaccines were used widely against COVID-19.
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- Nobel Medicine 2023
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