# Katalin Kariko (@stem-extra-katalin-kariko)

Katalin Karikó was a biochemist specializing in RNA. Karikó pursued therapeutic messenger RNA through years when the approach attracted limited support, collaborating with Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Katalin Kariko's public record._

## Topics

- [Vaccines and Recognition](/@stem-extra-katalin-kariko/vaccines-and-recognition.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Modified mRNA](/@stem-extra-katalin-kariko/modified-mrna.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Principal Contribution](/@stem-extra-katalin-kariko/principal-contribution.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2023/kariko/facts/
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2023/advanced-information/
- blog: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-katalin-kariko-and-drew-weissman-win-2023-nobel-prize

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "stem-extra-katalin-kariko", "question": "…"}`.