Medicine Nobel awarded to mRNA Covid vaccine pioneers
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman’s research led to jabs that ‘saved millions of lives and prevented disease in many more’, says award panel
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman’s research led to jabs that ‘saved millions of lives and prevented disease in many more’, says award panel
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Universities must give credit for the broadened skill sets that the pandemic has prompted academics to acquire, says John Tregoning
A new term is beginning in the northern hemisphere, and many campuses are reopening. But are academics relishing a return to relative normality or fearful of unvaccinated students? And what has the...