<h5>What is the Nobel Prize?</h5><p>The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. The award is named after Alfred Nobel. He was a Swedish inventor and businessman who invented dynamite. He used the money earned from his invention to award people who have helped humanity somehow.</p><p>The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards that one can receive. Each year, the Nobel Prizes are awarded in six categories: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace, and economics. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on 10th December 1901.</p><p>The winners receive the prize in Stockholm, Sweden. However, the Nobel Peace Prize winner receives it in Oslo, Norway. Each winner receives a gold medal, diploma, and monetary award. Two or three people can share the Prizes.</p><p>Recently, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023.</p><h5>Why did Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman receive the Nobel Prize?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/scientists-behind-covid-vaccine-win-the-nobel-prize%2FNobel%202.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=388a2ef9-1dc8-4f7e-9ac7-467730bf80ce&amp;_gl=1*1kqigtl*_ga*MTIzNjQ0ODg2NS4xNjgzNzk5MjMy*_ga_CW55HF8NVT*MTY5NjQxMDkxMy4yMjIuMS4xNjk2NDEzMjE2LjUwLjAuMA.."><figcaption>Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman discussing something. Photo by The Nobel Prize.</figcaption></figure><p>Katalin Karikó (Hungarian-American) and Drew Weissman (USA) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. This technology helped create COVID-19 vaccines.</p><p>The mRNA technology developed by both winners is also being used to create treatments for other illnesses and diseases, such as cancer, influenza, and heart failure.</p><p>Katalin Karikó also became the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize in the medicine category. The Nobel Prizes have been awarded to women 63 times. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has received the Nobel Prize twice (once in physics in 1903 and once in chemistry in 1911).</p><h5>How do mRNA vaccines work?</h5><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <iframe width="100%" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YOlrNlvEiMw" title="COVID-19 and kids: How mRNA vaccines work | American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><figcaption>A video showing how mRNA vaccines work. Video by American Academy of Pediatrics.</figcaption></figure></div><p>mRNA functions as a message carrier, helping our cells understand how to make things. Most vaccines train our immune systems to fight illnesses by using weakened or dead viruses. But, the mRNA vaccines do not use the virus.</p><p>mRNA vaccines train our cells to make a protein similar to the virus from which protection is required. This causes an immune response within our bodies as the immune system knows that protein doesn’t belong in our body. This reaction creates antibodies that protect us from being ill in the future from that virus.</p><p>During the pandemic, numerous vaccine manufacturers used the mRNA technique. This helped our bodies develop protection against the disease.</p>

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