Prix Breakthrough · Sciences de la vie
Prix Breakthrough 2022 : lauréats
Destinataires
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Jeffery W. Kelly
for elucidating the molecular basis of neurodegenerative and cardiac transthyretin diseases, and for developing tafamidis, a drug that slows their progression.
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Katalin Karikó
for engineering modified RNA technology which enabled rapid development of effective COVID-19 vaccines.
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Shankar Balasubramanian
for the development of a robust and affordable method to determine DNA sequences on a massive scale, which has transformed the practice of science and medicine.