PREMIUM

  • MATHIAS DÖPFNER (CORRIERE DELLA SERA)

Updated on Monday, March 22, 2021 - 08:33

  • Share on Facebook

  • Share on Twitter

  • Send by email

  • Live.

    Coronavirus Spain today, breaking news

  • Coronavirus

    Guide to interpreting your Covid test

  • Vaccination.

    This is the calendar today: order of groups and vaccines

Ugur Sahin

and

Özlem Türeci

are the Turkish couple who pioneered the messenger RNA technique, key in the development of the

Pfizer

and

BioNTech

vaccine

against the

coronavirus

.

On January 25, 2020, they were having breakfast and chatting about the strange virus in China, when the first infection occurred in Germany.

The rest is known history

P. They say that the vaccine was born during that breakfast: truth or legend?

Ugur Sahin:

It's true.

He had read an article in the

Lancet

magazine

on Friday night.

Become Premium and


enjoy 3 months for € 1

Take advantage of this limited-time offer and access all web content

I love you

Are you already Premium?

Log in

Cancel whenever you want

Check the terms and conditions of the service

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more