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She Was Demoted & Threatened. Then She Won the Nobel Prize

Katalin Karikó is making an extraordinary impact in the medical field. With her research partner she was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine last month for groundbreaking work on Messenger RNA technology, a vital ingredient in COVID-19 vaccines. Karikó joins the show to discuss this milestone and her new memoir "Breaking Through: My Life in Science."

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