mRNA pioneers Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman receive Nobel prize
Drug Discovery World
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Karikó and Weissman noticed that dendritic cells recognise in vitro transcribed mRNA as a foreign substance, which leads to their activation and the release of inflammatory signalling molecules. The effect was due to the reduced activation of an enzyme that regulates protein production. Image credit: Ill.
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