It uses the never-before-approved technology called messenger RNA, or mRNA, to spark an immune response in people who are vaccinated.

Speaking to CNN Pfizer Albert Bourla called it "the greatest medical advance"in the last 100 years.

While the vaccine is a huge step for the scientific community,

Sahin and Tureci are veterans in the world of medical achievements.

Chief Executive Sahin and Chief Medical Officer Tureci are listed among Germany's 100 richest people,.

On Tuesday, the market value of their Nasdaq-listed company jumped to $25.72 billion( Miliarden ) -- a massive leap from $4.6 billion last year.

But the couple's charitable ethos and longstanding commitment to academia and science appear to have kept them grounded, even as their work on the Covid-19 vaccine propels them into the global spotlight.

Sahin was born in Iskenderun, a city in Turkey.

He moved to Cologne, Germany when he was four, where his father worked at a local Ford factory.

The scientists who developed the Biontech Covid-19 vaccine are a Turkish-German power couple

By Kara Fox and Frederik Pleitgen, CNN

November 10, 2020

(CNN)Scientists Prof.Dr.Ugur Sahin and Prof.Dr.Ozlem Tureci have dedicated their lives to the field of oncology and infectious diseases, and spent years pioneering treatments for cancer.

But amid the coronavirus pandemic, the couple's groundbreaking research in the field of modified genetic code has catapulted them into the public eye, as the brains behind the world's first effective coronavirus vaccine.

Prof.Dr.Sahin, 55, and Prof.Dr.Tureci, 53, set up Biontech in the central German city of Mainz in 2008.

On Monday the company's partner, US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, said their candidate vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing infection in volunteers.

nejnadejnejsi vakcinu vuci Covidu vygenerovali nasi muslimsti migranti firmy Biontech v Mainz virologove a onkologove Prof.Dr. Ugur Sahin s manzelkou Prof. Dr.Özgan Türeci spolu s 1300 spolupracovniky a postoupili ji ve fazi 3 vyzkumu US Gigantu Pfizer za prevzeti poloviny nakladu a pri uspechu doplaceni 1 miliardy USD.V nemecku je jiz nyni vytvoreno spousta ockovacich center, lec vakcin z pocatku nebude dost a tak budou prednostne ockovani sestry , lekari , seniori a imunodeficientni pac. Ucinost vakciny je pres 90% , WHO pozaduje nejmene 50%.Jak vcera rekl US Prof. Fauci ,ockovani by mohlo byt dokoncenodo konce 2012.Cesi se jiste budou vakcine od muslimskych migrantu branit ,takze to zvyhodni situaci v nasi zap. EU.Ockovani povinne nebude a kdo jej odmitne bude mit zasluhu, ze se dostanou potrebni drive na radu. P. beran z Hradce lecil sveho syna s covidem med. nekonforme tak i vsechny jeho nahledy budou tutti quanti.

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Nejlepší vakcína je střelivo. 100% účinnost. Po její aplikaci netřeba volat lékaře, pouze krematologa. R = 0.

Proč jste se ještě nenaočkoval? :)

Vakciny mi netreba, moje imunita ma 100% uspesnost proti viru a to dlouhodobe na rozdil od inzerovane vakciny.

Berane, vakcínu musí dostat úplně všichni, aby měla korporace maximální zisky a příslušní političtí, i nepolitičtí, činovnící dostali maximální provize.

Vzhledem k tomu ze pro 10% populace nejlepsi vakcina na covid-19 nefunguje, tak je treba ji dat vsem. Jinak tu nemoc postupne dostanou ti u kterych vakcina nefunguje a mohou zemrit. Vetsinou to nebudou deti.