It's sad that many innovations were ignored at first, but turned out to be life-changing.

…ass the immune system was a critical discovery made by a Hungarian biochemist named Katalin Kariko. Kariko was ignored for decades as she tried to convince the biology and medical community that mRNAs can be used for drugs including vaccines. Her discovery of using modified nucleosides was the linchpin for today’s mRNA vaccines and was published in 2008. She is now a senior vice president at BioNTech.
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Jan 22, 2021
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It's sad that many innovations were ignored at first, but turned out to be life-changing.
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Written by Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)23K Followers
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