Carlos Briones

Cargo

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CSIC researcher at the Centre for Astrobiology, where he leads a group researching the origin and early evolution of life and the RNA world, co-author of 12 patents in biomedicine and biotechnology

Spanish Astrobiology Center (CAB), National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Topics

microbiology, astrobiology

Reactions: Nobel Prize in Physiology awarded to Karikó and Weissman for their discoveries that led to the development of effective mRNA vaccines against covid-19

vaccines

Reactions: Nobel Prize in Physiology awarded to Karikó and Weissman for their discoveries that led to the development of effective mRNA vaccines against covid-19

SMC Spain

The Karolinska Institute has awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their groundbreaking discoveries, which have radically changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system, and made it possible to develop vaccines at unprecedented speed during the covid-19 pandemic.