Author: Micah Woods

Micah Woods is a recent philosophy and environmental science graduate from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. Micah has previously worked as an editor for UO’s interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Journal and as a writing tutor at UO’s Academic Engagement Center. They are currently working as a Post-Baccalaureate Scholar in Bill Cresko’s evolutionary genomics lab based in Eugene, Oregon where they study the genetic basis of evolution in natural populations.

Dr. Katalin Karikó’s Hope in Messenger RNA Helped the World Recover from COVID-19

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Dr. Katalin Karikó’s 2021 discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology led to the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Millions of people owe their health—if not their lives—to her perseverance. 

“Science is 99 percent challenge,” said Karikó. “You are doing things you have never done, or nobody has ever done. You don’t even know if it is possible.”