Katalin Karikó was overlooked for decades. 

She struggled to get funding. She didn’t get tenure. 

But she believed in her ideas and continued her work. 

Her research on mRNA went on to save millions of lives through development of COVID-19 vaccines.

Today she has won the Nobel Prize.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/10/02/nobel-prize-medicine/