Never Give Up: Dr. Kati Karikó and the Race for the Future of Vaccines

Meet Hungarian American biochemist Katalin 'Kati' Kariko. She became fascinated by science as a child and grew up determined to find a way to use messenger RNA to help fight illness. Despite facing frequent criticism and skepticism from other scientists, Kariko never gave up on her research. Her perseverance paid off when she played a critical role in developing the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, the fastest-developed vaccine in history. This picture book biography celebrates Dr. Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.