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Özlem Türeci

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In co-production with the national Swiss Television channel RTS, the film uncovers a tangled history of messenger RNA technology used in the recent Covid-19 vaccines. In a remarkable turn of events, the film features visionary scientists who stayed at the roots of this technology, with Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman recently winning a Nobel Prize in medicine 2023.
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THE MESSENGER: A Story of mRNA (2023)
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Özlem Türeci has been married to Ugur Sahin since 2002. They have one child.
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    THE MESSENGER: A Story of mRNA (2023)
    THE MESSENGER: A Story of mRNA
    8.7
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    • 2023
    A Different Path: The Story of BioNTech (2022)
    A Different Path: The Story of BioNTech
    8.7
    Short
    • Self
    • 2022
    In Lichtgeschwindigkeit zum Impfstoff (2021)
    In Lichtgeschwindigkeit zum Impfstoff
    7.4
    • Self(as Dr. Ozlem Tureci)
    • 2021
    Deutscher Zukunftspreis (1997)
    Deutscher Zukunftspreis
    TV Series
    • Self

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    • THE MESSENGER: A Story of mRNA (2023)
      THE MESSENGER: A Story of mRNA
      8.7
      • Self
      • 2023
    • Laura Kuenssberg in Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)
      Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
      4.0
      TV Series
      • Self - BioNTech (as Prof. Ozlem Tureci)
      • 2022
    • A Different Path: The Story of BioNTech (2022)
      A Different Path: The Story of BioNTech
      8.7
      Short
      • Self
      • 2022
    • Bild Live (2013)
      Bild Live
      3.3
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Deutscher Zukunftspreis (1997)
      Deutscher Zukunftspreis
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2021
    • ZDFzeit (2012)
      ZDFzeit
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2021
    • In Lichtgeschwindigkeit zum Impfstoff (2021)
      In Lichtgeschwindigkeit zum Impfstoff
      7.4
      • Self (as Dr. Ozlem Tureci)
      • 2021
    • Empress Theophano Prize (2021)
      Empress Theophano Prize
      TV Special
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Kölner Treff (1976)
      Kölner Treff
      5.0
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Serkan Metan in 2020: The Lost Year (2021)
      2020: The Lost Year
      6.9
      Short
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Heute Journal (1978)
      Heute Journal
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2021

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      • Ugur Sahin2002 - present (1 child)

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