{"id":3814,"date":"2021-10-29T08:21:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/covid-19-scientists-left-out-of-2021-noble-prize-winners-list\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T09:33:00","slug":"covid-19-scientists-left-out-of-2021-noble-prize-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/covid-19-scientists-left-out-of-2021-noble-prize-winners-list","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 scientists left out of 2021 Noble Prize winners list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Earlier this month, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences released <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">the <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">list of science Nobel Prize winners<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> for the year<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/strong>W<strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">hile this year\u2019s list included researchers who had made some <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">fundamental advances<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, many in the <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">scientific community were surprised <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">to see that Covid-19 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">vaccine pioneers, whose work helped millions <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">during the global pandemic<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">had been left out<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The Nobel Prize is given to individuals, or organizations, for their ground-breaking work in a particular field of research. W<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">inners <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">receive <\/span><\/span><\/strong>a medal, a diploma, and a 10 million Swedish krona ($1.1 million) prize, which is divided if there are multiple winners in the category. <strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The 2021 laureates include some big names in science, including notable climate scientists who were recognized for the first time. Here\u2019s a quick look at the winners in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">Medicine: <\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">David Julius <\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">and<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"> Ardem Patapoutian <\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">were <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">recognized <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">for their <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">innovative research on how the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">human body perceives temperature and touch \u2013 revelations that could lead to new ways of treating pain and eventually reduce dependence on highly addictive opioids. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Physics: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Nobel Prize for Physics<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> was split among three researchers for their research on climate change and how humans impact nature. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>One half went to <strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Giorgio Parisi<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> of Italy for his work on the fluctuations in physical systems, while the other half was shared by \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Syukuro Manabe<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> of Japan and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Klaus Hasselmann<\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> from Germany for developing forecast models that reliably predict global warming. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Chemistry: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">German scientist<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"> Benjamin List <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">and Scotland-born scientist<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"> David W.C. MacMillan <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">won in this category <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">for discovering an ingenious and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">. Researchers can now <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">use <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">this approach <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">to efficiently <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">construct anything from new pharmaceuticals to molecules that can capture light in solar cells.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Among Covid-19 scientists, Hungary<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">born Katalin Karik\u00f3 and Drew Weissman of the US,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">were considered favorites, with the former winning several global awards that are <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">seen as precursors to a Nobel Prize. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Their vaccination research with messenger RNA technology was published in 2005 and paved the way for the development of the Pfizer\/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> during the global pandemic<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">. This meant that unlike the traditional method of creating vaccines, which could take over 10 years, the Moderna vaccine took just 63 days to go from gene sequencing to the first human injection.<sup>1<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Despite the incredible contribution in launching a new class of vaccines over the past year, the Covid-19 scientists were not considered for a Nobel this year. This omission was just a matter of bad timing; the deadline to submit nominations for <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">2021 Nobel Prizes <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">was <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">February<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> 1<sup>st<\/sup> that was <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">more than two months <i>after<\/i> the efficacy of the first mRNA vaccines, and some others, were proved in clinical trials. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences secretary-general Goran Hansson said, \u201cThe development of mRNA vaccines is a wonderful success story that has had enormous positive consequences for humankind. And we are all very grateful to the scientists. This is a kind of discovery that will receive nominations\u2026but we need to take time.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><sup><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">2 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">This being said, many in the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">scientific community were disappointed with the Nobel Prize announcement<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> Steven Hobbs, professor of biology at Howard College in Texas, believes the Nobel committee not only ignored vaccine research, which was based on decades of work, but delivered a blow to women scientists who often spearhead this research.<sup>3<\/sup> \u201cNobel is supposed to be for those who\u2019ve helped humanity most in the previous year. While the work on skin receptors is important, it could take a backseat for another year,\u201d he said. This view was echoed by <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Anders Huitfeldt,\u00a0associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark, who said, \u201cThis year it\u2019s very hard to argue that any kind of work has been as impactful as the mRNA technique.\u201d<sup>3<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Yet, history shows that the chances of mRNA vaccines winning this year were slim to none. <span style=\"background: white;\">Juleen Zierath<\/span>, biologist<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .15pt;\"> and jury member at the Nobel Committee at Karolinska, pointed out that it often takes many years before the field recognizes your discovery as significant enough to be considered for a Nobel Prize. In remarks published by prize organizers, she said, \u201cBy the time we come to the decision, it is a big surprise to the individuals who have been selected.\u201d<sup>4<\/sup> This trend was also highlighted by <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Santo Fortunato, a physicist and director of the Indiana University Network Science Institute in Bloomington, who says the gap between a scientific discovery and its recognition through a Nobel Prize now stands at an average of 30 years.<sup>2 <\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">This gap indicates that this year may be too soon for a nod for COVID-19 vaccines. Brian Uzzi, a computational scientist at Northwestern University in Illinois, who studies scientific prizes, speculates that \u201cThe committee could be waiting to gauge the impacts of mRNA vaccine technology on other infections \u2014 such as those caused by other coronaviruses.\u201d<sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">The fact remains that the story behind the success of the Covid-19 vaccines began over 30 years ago when a little-known scientist looked adversity in the eye and refused to give up. Responding to the Nobel Prize announcements, Karik\u00f3 said her greatest joy comes from the excitement of research and knowing that her work has had an important contribution in the world of medicine.<sup>5<\/sup> She said, \u201cI only care and focus on what I can change, what I can influence and the prize committees are not one of those things.\u201d<sup>6 <\/sup>As she looks to the future, Karik\u00f3 believes that her life\u2019s work could pay dividends, not just against COVID-19, but other dreaded diseases like cancer too.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">References:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">Miller J.,\u00a0Burger L., <\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-technolog-idUKKBN27W2PJ\">Breakthrough COVID vaccine tech could help defeat other diseases<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"background: white;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\">, Reuters, November 17, 2020<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Callaway E., <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-02754-6\/\">Why COVID vaccines didn\u2019t win a science Nobel this year<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Nature, October 7, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Ali T., <a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/world\/nobel-prize-2021-medicine-covid-vaccine-miss-out-award-research-touch-temperature-1230879\">Nobel Prize 2021: Medicine award snub for Covid vaccine pioneers \u2018a black eye to women scientists\u2019<\/a>, inews.co.uk, October 4, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Stickings T.,<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/world\/2021\/10\/03\/a-matter-of-time-as-biontech-scientists-line-up-for-nobel-prize\/\">A matter of time as BioNTech scientists wait for Nobel Prize<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-IN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\" xml:lang=\"EN-IN\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">, The National News, October 3, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Judit K., <a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/forbes.hu\/legyel-jobb\/kariko-nobel-dij-nyilatkozat-kutatas\/\">Hoop for Forbes.hu: I focus on what I have an impact on<\/a>, Hungarian Forbes, October 4, 2021 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">T<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">ar J., <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/hungarytoday.hu\/swedish-academy-katalin-kariko-did-not-win-nobel-prize\/\">Swedish Academy Reveals Why Karik\u00f3 Did Not Win Nobel Prize<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Hungary Today, October 11, 2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences released the list of science Nobel Prize winners for the year. 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