Nobel Prize Winner to Advise New Hungarian Health Minister
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Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Karikó has accepted a position as a member of the health advisory committee to Hungary's new health minister. Karikó, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 for her groundbreaking work on mRNA technology that enabled the development of COVID-19 vaccines, will provide guidance on health policy matters. The appointment represents a significant addition to Hungary's health advisory structure, bringing world-renowned scientific expertise to the ministry's decision-making process.