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Drew Weissman (born September 7, 1959) is an American physician and immunologist known for his contributions to RNA biology. He is the inaugural Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research, director of the Penn Institute for RNA Innovation, and professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. With biochemist Katalin Kariko, Weissman received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023.

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1959 1
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1959-09-07 1
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Additional Source Katalin Kariko (Wikipedia)Lead section, 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine co-laureates

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Drew Weissman (born September 7, 1959) is a Nobel Prize winning American physician and immunologist known for his contributions to RNA biology.
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1. Drew Weissman (Wikipedia)
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Born: September 7, 1959, Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Born: September 7, 1959, Lexington, Massachusetts, U.S.
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With biochemist Katalin Karikó, Weissman received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19".
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Karikó received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 for her work, along with American immunologist Drew Weissman.
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