Day: October 2, 2023
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/Y62uJDlNMj— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 2, 2023
The findings by 2023 Nobel Prize laureates Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman led to the approval of two highly successful mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines in late 2020. The vaccines have saved millions of lives and prevented severe disease in many more.
They discovered that base-modified mRNA can be used to block activation of inflammatory reactions and increase protein production when mRNA is delivered to cells.
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman published their results in a seminal 2005 paper that received little attention at the time but laid the foundation for critically important developments that have served humanity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two Israeli doctors have arrived in Armenia to provide emergency medical assistance to those injured in fuel depot blast near Stepanakert, Israel’s Ambassador to Armenia Joel Lion informs.
They have been dispatched to Yerevan upon the request of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Israeli Ministry of Health.
“Just had a talk with our two Israeli Doctors, Dr. Yaron Shoham and Dr. Adi Maisel Lotan, who upon the request of WHO and Israeli Ministry of Health were dispatched to Yerevan to provide emergency medical assistance to the victims of the horrific fuel depot explosion,” the Ambassador said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Just had a talk with our 2 #Israeli Doctors, Dr. Yaron Shoham and Dr. Adi Maisel Lotan, who upon the request of @WHO, @IsraelMOH, dispatched to #Yerevan in order to provide emergency medical assistance to the victims of the horrific fuel depot explosion (26.9.23). @MFAofArmenia… pic.twitter.com/XK2OO7BrQl
— Joel Lion (@ambassadorlion) October 1, 2023
A fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert-Askeran highway on September 25 left many killed and hundreds injured. 349 patients were transferred from Artsakh to medical institutions in Armenia, most of them are in serious condition.
Artsakh’s State Service for Emergency Situations said last week a total of 170 bodies and remains were found at the site of explosion.
Nearly 300 patients have been transported from Stepanakert to medical institutions in Yerevan.