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Who is Drew Weissman, the 2023 Nobel Prize winner from Penn?

Drew Weissman is one of two University of Pennsylvania scientists sharing the Nobel Prize in medicine for their discoveries about messenger RNA.

University of Pennsylvania professor Drew Weissman is a recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine for his work with Katalin Karikó, an adjunct professor of neurosurgery, on messenger RNA used to rapidly develop lifesaving vaccines amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
University of Pennsylvania professor Drew Weissman is a recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine for his work with Katalin Karikó, an adjunct professor of neurosurgery, on messenger RNA used to rapidly develop lifesaving vaccines amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.Read morePeggy Peterson Photography, courtesy Penn Medicine