This exhibition explores the fascinating history of messenger RNA, from fundamental discoveries in molecular biology to its revolutionary applications in modern medicine.
With the Covid-19 pandemic, messenger RNA has become an inescapable term in our vocabulary. Yet it took 60 years from the discovery of this molecule, essential to the functioning of our cells, to the development of the first RNA vaccines during the health crisis.
The exhibition explores the biological, historical and human pathways of this messenger, which have led to major scientific and medical advances. In particular, it presents the life and scientific work of Katalin Karikó, a Hungarian-American biochemist specializing in RNA technologies.