Never Give Up
Dr. Kati Karikó and the Race for the Future of Vaccines
by Debbie Dadey, illus. by Juliana Oakley
Pub Date 07 Mar 2023
Lerner Publishing Group, Millbrook Press ™
Biographies & Memoirs | Children's Nonfiction
I am reviewing a copy of Never Give Up through Lerner Publishing Group and Netgalley:
As a child Hungarian born biochemist Katalin "Kati" Kariko became fascinated by science and grew up determined to find a way to use messenger RNA, a copy of a part of DNA that provides cells with instructions to make proteins, to help fight illness.
At that time a mRNA vaccine had never been made, she faced frequent criticism and was told by other scientists she would never succeed.
But Kariko refused to give up her research, and when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she played a critical role in developing the successful Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine faster than any other vaccine in history.
I give Never Give Up five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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