Lexington native among winners of Nobel in medicine for work that enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 Drew Weissman, who grew up in Massachusetts, and Katalin Karikó, a professor at Sagan’s University in Hungary and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, were awarded the prize for "their groundbreaking... #press https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2023/10/02/lexington-native-nobel-in-medicine-winners-mrna-vaccines-against-covid-19/?utm_source=press.coop