RNA medicine
Katalin Karikó
Her work on nucleoside modifications helped enable effective mRNA vaccines.
The problem
A question worth answering.
Synthetic mRNA could trigger unwanted inflammation.
What they did
Her work on nucleoside modifications helped enable effective mRNA vaccines.
What changed
This research became part of the COVID-19 vaccine effort.
Where you meet their legacy
In the knowledge, systems and people who carry the work forward today.
Evidence and further reading
This story does not assign sole credit for a collective achievement.