Nobel Prize Winners Share Heartwarming Moments with Parents

Nobel Prize winner Drew Weissman, alongside Katalin Karikó, called his parents in a heartwarming moment to share the news of winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in developing mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. In a video posted by Penn Medicine, Weissman's parents, Adele and Hal, erupted in joyful cries upon hearing the news. Weissman expressed his gratitude for the prestigious award and acknowledged the support of his parents throughout his career. Their visit to the Nobel auditorium when Weissman was a child had always been on their minds. The breakthrough discovery made by Weissman and Karikó in the late 1990s paved the way for the rapid development of mRNA COVID vaccines during the pandemic.