It was recently announced that this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be awarded to two scientists who have developed the technology leading to an mRNA vaccine for a new coronavirus.

"I'm so happy."

I have previously stated that

"I am convinced that this is a milestone in the history of science, an innovation worthy of a 10-year Nobel Prize advance."

However, I was honestly surprised by the award so quickly.

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With the news of this award, I learned that the mRNA research itself was published long ago (2005).

In other words, mRNA vaccine research also seems to have cleared the so-called "Nobel Prize time lag problem.

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I also feel closer to "mRNA" research than ever before, knowing that they had been fed "cold rice" (a period of cold treatment) for quite some time.

Stories like this give researchers courage - even if I am an unknown researcher.