World-famous Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó also spoke about her greatest difficulties and the victories of women in an interview with the Italian newspaper, who also revealed which recognition she misses in her life after the Nobel Prize.
On the occasion of her autobiography, which was also published in Italian, Katalin Karikó was interviewed by La Repubblica, in which she recalled her very poor childhood, her university years, the control of the political police and her move to America.
At first, his bosses did not trust his ideas, but the world-famous Hungarian Nobel Prize-winning biochemist insisted that he wanted to understand the role of RNA and use it for therapeutic purposes.
Now all I'm missing is my husband's Oscar
- commented Katalin Karikó regarding the historical recognitions, who feels that her Nobel Prize is also a victory for women. He added that one woman believed in him the least, while men supported his work.
In the interview, he also talked about the most difficult obstacles to overcome:
"To move from communist Hungary to the USA. But perhaps even more difficult was starting over and moving to Germany, where I didn't know the language. I cried every night for the first week.”
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