Drew Weissman
- Prize
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2023for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19Together with: Katalin Karikó
- Citizenship
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United States - Languages
- English
- date of birth
- 9/7/1959
- place of birth
- Lexington
- Age
- 66 years
- educated at
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- Boston University
- academic degree: Doctor of Medicine
- academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
- end time: 1/1/1987
- Brandeis University
- academic degree: Master of Science
- academic degree: Bachelor of Science
- end time: 1/1/1981
- Boston University
- field of work
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- messenger RNA
- RNA vaccine
- employer
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- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
- occupation
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- inventor
- researcher
- university teacher
- biochemist
- immunologist
- member of
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- American Academy of Arts and Sciences