Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci: German 'dream team' behind vaccine
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#5A6YV)
The Prussian Turk' couple's company BioNTech developed the breakthrough Covid vaccine with Pfizer
They are the dream team" scientist couple who came up with a big idea that could protect humanity from a virus that has killed more than a million people and put an end to a pandemic that has upended economies across the globe.
But as the world breathed a sigh of relief at Monday's news that the experimental vaccine developed by German biotech company BioNTech and US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has shown positive results in the all-important phase 3 trials, Uur ahin and Ozlem Tureci displayed characteristic modesty.
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