jeudi 3 juillet 2025

Great Immigrant: Katalin Karikó


"Born in Hungary, Katalin Karikó received a Nobel Prize for developing the scientific foundation for vaccines that were instrumental in fighting COVID-19. A new Carnegie-commissioned comic series highlights Karikó’s story and the stories of other naturalized citizens who enrich American society and strengthen our democracy.

Katalin Karikó left her home country of Hungary with her husband and daughter in 1985, after her university position was eliminated. She stitched all their money into her daughter’s teddy bear and bought one-way tickets to the United States where she had found a position as a researcher in Pennsylvania. While she had worked with RNA while in graduate school in the 1970s, convincing others of its potential wasn’t always easy." La suite sur carnegie.org 

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