Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS MA’81, P’15, H’23 has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. While at Brandies, Weissman studied biochemistry and enzymology. Weissman and fellow collaborator and Nobel recipient, Katalin Karikó, H’23, received the Nobel for their research into messenger RNA. Their research led to the development of the COVID vaccinations.
In February 2021, Weissman and Karikó received the 50th Annual Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award in Basic Medical Research in February 2021.
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