Joe Wang: Nobel Prize for a Trojan Horse Development?

A screen at the Karolinska Institute shows this year's laureates Katalin Kariko of Hungary (L) and Drew Weissman of the U.S. during the announcement of the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Oct. 2, 2023. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Dr. Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Dr. Drew Weissman of the United States “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.”