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In December 2020, the first vaccines [blank] on a type of genetic material known as mRNA rolled out to fight COVID-19. That was less than 12 months after the lethal disease came to the world's [blank] . Within a year, those new shots appeared to have saved nearly 20 million lives. Now, two biochemists who laid the [blank] for mRNA vaccines have been [blank] the 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology.
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In December 2020, the first vaccines based on a type of genetic material known as mRNA rolled out to fight COVID-19. That was less than 12 months after the lethal disease came to the world's notice . Within a year, those new shots appeared to have saved nearly 20 million lives. Now, two biochemists who laid the groundwork for mRNA vaccines have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology.
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