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As COVID-19 spread, BioNTech cofounders Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci had one goal: to make a safe, effective vaccine faster than ever before. In this illuminating conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, the immunologists (and married couple) share the fascinating story of how their decades of mRNA research powered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — and forecast what this breakthrough science could mean for the future of vaccines and other immunotherapy treatments.
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Chris Anderson: Dr. Şahin
and Dr. Türeci, welcome.
Such a treat to speak with you.
Özlem Türeci: Thank you very much, Chris.
It’s a pleasure to be here.
CA: So tell me, as you think back
over the last 18 months,
what words pop to mind for you?
ÖT: Well, one word which comes
to mind is breathless.
It was indeed a breathless 16,
17 months for us.
When we started in January last year,
it was already at that time clear to us
that we were already in a pandemic.
What was not known was how fast
this pandemic would evolve
and whether we would have the time
in the first place
to have a vaccine ready
soon enough in due time.
And understanding this,
it meant for us that there was not
even one day to lose.
And this was the mindset
of the entire team
here in Mainz and at BioNTech
and later on also of our partners
which were involved,
Pfizer and others,
to keep going and be fast.
CA: I mean, it’s so extraordinary
that the ideas and the work in your minds
have now impacted hundreds of millions,
perhaps billions of people.
That must feel overwhelming.
And yet, I know at the same time,
you don’t believe in this notion
of a flash-in-the-pan ideas.
Steven Johnson, the author, in his book
“Where [Good] Ideas Come From,”
speaks of the slow hunch,
that the best ideas
happen over many years.
And I know that you believe
that is true in your case.
I’d like us to go back a couple of decades
to — tell us how this began.
How did you meet?
ÖT: We met on an oncohematology ward,
Uğur being a young physician,
and I was still in medical school
training on ward.
Which means we met in one of the worlds
which became important to us,
the world of patient care,
of treating oncohematology patients.
And we soon found out
that there was a second world
which we liked,
namely the world of science.
We were haunted by the same dilemma,
namely that whereas there was not much
we could offer our cancer patients,
there were so many potential technologies
we encountered in the lab
which could address this.
So one of our shared visions
was to bridge this dilemma
by working on bringing
science and technology fast.
And that’s an important word here.
Fast to the patient’s bedside
to address high medical need.
CA: So I think the first company
you founded nearly 20 years ago
was to use the power of the human
immune system to tackle cancer.
Uğur Şahin: We were always interested
in using the patient’s immune system
to fight cancer
and other type of diseases.
As immunologists, we knew how powerful
the human immune system is.
But it was also clear
that the human immune system,
in the case of cancer,
did not fight cancer cells.
It could fight it, but it didn’t.
And for that, we wanted
to develop immunotherapies.
That means treatments
that use the power of the immune system
and redirect the power
of the immune system to cancer cells.
It was clear that in
the university setting,
we could not continue
to develop monoclonal antibodies
because the cost for development
of monoclonal antibodies
before you can start a clinical trial,
was in the range of 20, 30 million euros,
and therefore we decided
to start a company to get the funding.
CA: Now, soon after
you started this company,
you decided to get married.
Tell me about your wedding day.
ÖT: Day was well planned, a quick wedding.
And thereafter we went back
to the laboratory
and our guests at our wedding,
that was basically our team,
our research team.
So no time to lose, Chris.
CA: (Laughs)
That was a pretty special honeymoon.
I mean, it seems like
your love for each other
is very much bound up
in your love for this work
and your sense of
the importance of this work.
How would you characterize
those intersecting relationships there?
UŞ: We are really two scientists.
At the end of the day, we love what we do,
and for us,
we don’t differentiate between
work and life balance.
It’s for us really a privilege
to be scientists,
to be able to do what we love.
And therefore, we combine our normal life
with our professional life.
And therefore, this is pretty
normal for us.
CA: So talk to me about this
extraordinary molecule RNA,
and how you got interested in it
and how it became, as I understand it,
an increasing focus of your work.
And indeed, it led
to the founding of BioNTech.
Talk about that.
UŞ: Yeah, mRNA is a natural molecule,
it’s one of the first molecules of life.
It is a carrier of genetic information.
But in contrast to DNA, it’s not stable.
So it can be used to transfer
information to human cells.
And the human cells can use
this information to build proteins,
which can be used
for therapeutic settings,
for example, to make a protein
which is a vaccine,
or to make a protein which is an antibody,
or to make a protein
which is another type of drug.
And we were fascinated
by this molecule class,
because it was very clear
that mRNA can be produced
pretty fast, within a few days.
And we were, as MDs,
we were particularly interested
to develop personalized medicines.
That means a treatment and immunotherapy
specifically designed
for a cancer patient,
because one of the key challenges
in cancer treatment,
is that every patient
has a different tumor.
If you compare two tumors
of two patients
with the same type of tumor,
the similarity of the tumors
is less than three percent
and 97 percent is really unique.
And today, it’s still not possible
to address the uniqueness
of the tumor of a patient.
And therefore,
we were seeking for a technology
which could be used for immunotherapy
and which could be used
to develop a treatment
within the shortest possible time.
The idea to get the genetic
sequence of the tumor
and then make a vaccine
which is personalized,
within a few weeks.
CA: Is it fair to say
that almost all of the significant things
that happen to us biologically
are actions done by proteins,
and that it’s mRNA that actually
makes those proteins?
If you can understand
the language of mRNA,
you can get involved in pretty much
everything of significance
to the well-being of a human being.
ÖT: Exactly.
So in principle,
the information instructions
are in the DNA.
These have to be translated into protein
because proteins are the actors
which keep our cells alive
and our organism functional.
And the way how to translate
what is instructed by DNA
in a fashion that it is well-timed
and happens at the right places,
into protein,
there is messenger RNA.
Messenger RNA sort of instructs when
and how much of which protein
has to be built
in order to ensure
the activity of our body.
CA: So you can almost think of DNA
as the sort of The Oxford English
Dictionary of Language.
It sort of sits there
as the reference point.
But for the actual living work,
the living work of language
out there in the world instructing things,
that is done by mRNA.
UŞ: Yeah, absolutely, it is possible.
So the human cells,
exactly, DNA is like a library.
If you have the platform
for the messenger RNA therapy,
you can deliver any type of message
and the body cells ensure
that the message is translated
into the right protein.
ÖT: A high advantage of mRNA
is that it is so versatile.
You can deliver all sorts of messages,
as Uğur has called them.
On the one hand, you can deliver
the blueprint for the protein
which you want
to be produced in this cell.
But you can, with the same molecule,
also design into the mRNA
instructions how this protein
should be built,
instructions to the protein
factories of the cell.
So you can define
whether you want this protein
to be built in high amounts
or for a long duration,
how the pharmacokinetics
of this protein should be in the cell.
CA: So talk about January of last year
when you first heard about this new
virus that was spreading.
UŞ: So in the end of January,
we read a paper published
about this outbreak in Wuhan,
and realized that this new outbreak
has all features to become
a global pandemic,
and we were concerned
that our life will change,
that this outbreak could change
the fate of mankind.
And we knew that we have this
messenger RNA technology,
which was actually developed
for personalized cancer therapy.
But the idea of personalized
cancer therapy
is to get the genetic
information of the patient
and then make a vaccine
as fast as possible.
And we had now the same situation.
It was not a personalized vaccine,
but it was a genetic
information of the virus,
which was released two weeks earlier.
And so this genetic information
of this virus was available,
and our task was to make
a vaccine as fast as possible.
And the challenge at that time point was,
there was almost nothing known
about this virus.
It was a completely new virus.
We had some assumptions
which target which molecule
encoded by the virus
could be the right target.
That means the molecule which can be used
to precisely engineer an immune attack.
This is the spike protein.
It is on the surface of the virus.
And there’s not only one copy
of the spike protein on the virus,
but multiple in the range
of 20, 25, 30 spike proteins.
And the spike protein has two functions.
One function is really to enable
that the virus sticks to human cells.
For example, it sticks to cells
in the human lung.
And the second is that the spike
protein acts as a key.
It allows the virus
to enter into the cells.
Our goal was to engineer
an immune response.
CA: You’ve got a slide showing the T-cell
response to your vaccine.
How long were you into the process
before you saw this
and you saw, wow, there really is
a spectacular response going on here?
ÖT: We saw this already
in the animal models
because they are also meant to assess
the immune response.
And what is shown on this slide
is on the left side, a lymph node
from a setting where there was no
RNA treatment or RNA vaccination.
And on the right side,
a lymph node of a treated organism,
in this case, an animal.
And the localization matters.
And we have constructed
our RNA nanoparticles,
with encapsulation into lipids
such that the mRNA
is carried into lymph nodes,
not just anywhere,
it’s carried into lymph nodes
and in the lymph nodes
it reaches a very special cell type,
which is called dendritic cells,
and these cells are coaches
of the immune system.
So they are the generals which call
all the different special forces
and train them on the wanted
poster of attacker.
And it’s very important
that you reach those cells.
On the right side, you can see
the effect of reaching those cells.
You see many red dots.
And these are T-cells which have been
trained to recognize the antigen,
the protein which mRNA has delivered,
and they have expanded
to a sort of army of clones, so to say.
So all these red dots are an army
which only knows one goal,
namely attacking this specific
protein encoded by the mRNA.
CA: So it’s really stunning
that within just a few days
of your looking at this sequence
of the most dangerous pathogen
to hit humanity in 100 years, I guess,
that you were able to come up
with these these candidate vaccines.
And I guess over the course
of the next weeks and months,
you had growing confidence
that, wow, this was going to work.
It wasn’t until the results
of the human trials came out,
I guess in November of last year,
that you really knew.
Tell us about that moment.
ÖT: It was a Sunday
when we were waiting for these results,
which are assessed in such trials
by an independent committee
and Uğur said, “So let’s see
how the data will look like.”
It was not clear whether it would be
a thumbs up or down.
And we were very relieved.
And I felt blessed to hear
that the vaccine was efficacious
and it was highly efficacious,
over 90 percent.
CA: And that more than 90 percent
almost disguises the full extent,
because that’s just against any kind
of level of infection of COVID.
Severe infection and fatalities
were almost completely protected against,
I think.
And it must have been
an ecstatic moment for you.
Certainly was for so many people
around the world.
UŞ: Yes, absolutely.
So this was a Sunday evening,
and there were a handful of people
knowing that an effective vaccine
is existing against this global pandemic.
And we were so excited and so happy
and we shared of course
this information the next day.
CA: So based on what’s happened
this time around
and the amazing acceleration,
compared with any other
vaccine development,
I mean, if we were hit by another virus,
could you picture that next time
we could accelerate the time line
further still if need be?
UŞ: Yes, Chris, this is
an excellent question.
Actually, the world was not prepared
to deal with such a pandemic.
The science and the vaccine developers
reacted in an excellent fashion.
And it is incredible and wonderful
that it was possible to come up
with an effective vaccine
while a pandemic is ongoing,
in less than 12 months.
But the challenges
that we have at the moment
is that we don’t have
sufficient production capacity.
Ideally, we would be
prepared the next time,
not only to develop a vaccine
in light speed,
but also to to make and distribute
the vaccine in light speed.
So what we need now is an additional
element which was not existing,
is manufacturing capacity.
And idle manufacturing capacity.
We must be bringing us into a position
that we can produce
12 billion doses of vaccine,
if you consider prime boost,
within less than six months.
And this is technically possible.
So this can be done if governments
and international organizations invest
into manufacturing capacity,
invest into keeping this idle capacity,
and also come up with a standard
time span and process
to enable even faster response.
So we in principle,
we might be able to manage
to come up with a vaccine
and start distribution
in even less than eight months.
CA: What does what’s happened
in this last year tell you now
about the prospects
for using mRNA to treat cancer
and indeed other diseases?
Where is this heading?
UŞ: What we have now is now
an approved technology
and a first approved product.
The development of the coronavirus
mRNA vaccine shows the power
of the mRNA
and it shows also
the safety of this approach.
And it shows
that it opens up a door for new technology
and for new type of treatments.
And the mRNA molecules
that we are currently using for cancer,
we have more than 10 products now
in clinical development,
are diverse against different
types of cancer.
We are very confident that the success
that we have generated now
for our infectious disease vaccines
can be continued with our
cancer immunotherapies.
CA: Some people may hear this
and say this is just another type
of drug that’s coming along.
But I think on the mental model
you’re talking about,
we should think about it
as much more revolutionary than that,
that typically a drug, a traditional drug,
kind of changes the chemical environment,
the background of an entire
area of the body.
But your —
If you understand the language of mRNA,
you can do something much more
specific and precise.
Is that something like
a fair way to think about it?
ÖT: Yes, indeed.
It could be the next revolution
in the biopharm landscape.
UŞ: At the end of the day,
disease is a situation
where the communication
between cells is disturbed.
So, for example, autoimmune disease
is a disease condition
where immune cells attack normal cells.
And indeed, we could engineer
messenger RNA therapies
which could teach the immune system
to stop to do that,
without inhibiting the whole
immune system,
by just communicating
with the immune cells which are attacking.
We could be precise and more specific.
CA: The success of BioNTech
over the last couple of years,
I think the value
of the company has rocketed
because of the amazingness
of what’s happened.
I mean, it’s made you both
extremely wealthy,
I think you’re both billionaires now.
How have you been able to respond to that?
Sometimes so much money
brings its own problems with it.
Is that proving a distraction?
ÖT: For a company
which sees innovation as its core mission,
too much money is never a problem.
Because innovation really means
that you have to invest.
Otherwise, we will only have
two type of products
or incremental improvement
for solutions of high medical need.
UŞ: It really gives us the chance
to transform our company.
So we were when we started —
When we compare ourselves
with the situation we had
at the beginning of 2020,
we had a number of product
candidates in clinical testing,
but the company required funding
every year or every second year.
Now we have a situation to really address
the full vision of the company.
We started BioNTech
with the idea really
to provide novel treatments
wherever there is a high
unmet medical need.
And we now can do that
in a much larger and broader scale,
and bring our innovations
faster to patients.
CA: You are both from families
who immigrated from Turkey to Germany.
Immigrants have faced hard times
in many countries, including Germany.
And yet you, I think,
have helped transform
the debate about immigration,
in Germany and elsewhere,
just by the extraordinary success
that you’ve achieved
creating this world-leading
company in Germany.
Do you take joy for the impact
you may have had on this issue?
UŞ: It is somehow surprising
because the way how we do science,
and how we recognize how people work
effectively in teams together
is not to us from where
the person is coming,
but what the person can contribute.
So in our company, we have
employees from more than 60 countries.
So we are an international
group of scientists,
as any other research institution.
So we have to recognize
that globalization really helps
to bring people, scientists
or other engineers into one place,
allowing to work together
and to come with extraordinary results.
For us, this is somehow surprising
that this is seen as special.
It is just the way how excellent
research and science work.
CA: Well, it’s extraordinary and inspiring
what you’ve achieved,
and it’ll be very exciting to track
progress over the coming years.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
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Kwisatz Haderach
August 3, 2021 at 5:32 pm
Do they pretend to have mRNA invented? The next lie. That was Dr. Robert Malone, wiped from fascism driven Wikipedia. Unbelievable what’s happening.
Jordan Peters
August 3, 2021 at 5:43 pm
Both my (younger) brothers have stage 4 cancers (Prostate and Mantle-Cell Non Hodgkin’s) that I hope will be curable soon.
Gohan Goku
August 3, 2021 at 5:49 pm
Why didn’t you ask them why they recommend a third dose, fourth dose, fifth dose … nth dose?
Corriene.
August 3, 2021 at 6:03 pm
Scientists created the virus and they’re giving the cure. I have to laugh 😂 humans are wild
Mr Wonder
August 3, 2021 at 6:27 pm
❤️
Vlkn Grt
August 3, 2021 at 7:04 pm
Turkish people are proud of you. We know that you sended biontech vaccines to Turkey without any profit. Thanks.
painterQ
August 3, 2021 at 7:08 pm
anti scientific scientists. gg
Björn Diedrich
August 3, 2021 at 7:14 pm
I follow them since i got the diagnosis Ms . I really believe that they one day have a cure for Ms. Just two revolutionary people 🙏
nic c
August 3, 2021 at 7:46 pm
I suppose the world fallen in a black magician the most of scientists working for it have no idea.. it’s very sad the way human stupidity took place just for the fear to lose the body we’ll lose the soul..
bitcoin mining
August 3, 2021 at 8:19 pm
Why didn’t you make a traditional vaccine??
HubrisNaut
August 3, 2021 at 8:42 pm
I understand the nature of TED as a popular “digestible” forum about inquiry, so this conversation leaves me with questions I feel compelled to explore about this “technology”. Have there been studies done on the possibility of epigenetic change or reverse transcription induced by mRNA based vaccines I could explore? I am also curious about the induced level of asymptomatic evolutionary driven virus transfer.
Ktothe N
August 3, 2021 at 9:04 pm
Give these guys a Nobel prize!
timalexander1811
August 3, 2021 at 9:18 pm
Fun Fact: The translated adress of Biontech (their company) literally is “at the Goldmine 12”
Leonora Heldner
August 3, 2021 at 9:28 pm
They saved millions of lives including me and am very thankful and very proud of them thank you both for your quick thinking and the hard work ✊✊👏👏👌❤💙💕
Ser Ta
August 3, 2021 at 9:31 pm
Every day the technologycal possibility given by mRNA vaccines amazes me. It goes even beyond corona and cancer into matters dealing with the immune system. Congratulations!
Omar Mohammad
August 3, 2021 at 11:47 pm
What a likeable couple. Thank you very much!
Senne Vorsselmans
August 4, 2021 at 1:23 am
Where is the critical interviewing? Where is the discussion about the delta variant?
dani hesslinger
August 4, 2021 at 7:29 am
This is not their fault, it is the fault of the interviewer – and who knows when this was recorded. Posted today on youtube is fairly meaningless.
𝕮𝖚𝖈𝕶 𝕮𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖗
August 4, 2021 at 3:46 am
Booster shots forever. And those that took the needle just want us in the same fucked up trap they let themselves in, they want to drag us down with them. No thanks. You do you.
Thomas Chevrier Laliberté
August 4, 2021 at 4:22 am
They seem so kind and driven by desire to help. So inspiring, thanks!
barryh13
August 4, 2021 at 6:29 am
Humble – inspiring & refreshing. Simply: Thank you!
ohmannhey
August 4, 2021 at 6:46 am
They both remind me of Marie and Pierre Curie.
Simon Grainger
August 5, 2021 at 12:39 am
The remind me of Fred and Rose West
darude sandstorm
August 4, 2021 at 8:18 am
Thank you guys for saving the world ♥
Nguyễn Duy Phong
August 4, 2021 at 8:22 am
Tuyệt vời ông mặt trời.
Sydney Payne
August 4, 2021 at 8:45 am
Oh they are Turkish, im proud of you and i’ll be a doctor like you ❤
dieNatoren
August 8, 2021 at 9:59 am
They are both identifying themself as germans; they have been raised in germany.
Hund Redfire
August 4, 2021 at 9:26 am
How lucky we are, to be able to watch an interview with the scientists that made a revolution in vaccine manufacturing, and probably cancer treatment.
It’s like watching an interview with Louis Pasteur or Alexander Fleming. I hope people understand how important these inventions are
blackorbman
August 4, 2021 at 10:02 am
Great interview, the questions could be better though…
Dot's Channel
August 4, 2021 at 10:03 am
I think I saw her doppleganger just yesterday at a local mall, does she live in Canada? Honestly I didn’t know who this doctor was until today, I do recall her doppleganger just yesterday… too funny.
h.
August 4, 2021 at 10:08 am
i appreciate the work they did
DaddyAl37
August 4, 2021 at 11:11 am
I hate the heart side effects so my money is on protein vaccine Novavax.
Ziya YILMAZ
August 4, 2021 at 11:18 am
🇹🇷 Türküm ve Türk olmaktan gurur duyuyorum.
Ste Vo
August 4, 2021 at 11:57 am
Impressive and inspiring – und ein großes Danke 🙏🏻😊
Ja Moin
August 4, 2021 at 1:57 pm
Most hated persons on the Planet
M. Islam Nafees
August 5, 2021 at 7:36 am
Hated by idiots
𝕮𝖚𝖈𝕶 𝕮𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖗
August 9, 2021 at 6:34 pm
@M. Islam Nafees I’m so glad I found the smartest person on earth, because everyone who disagrees with you is stupid right?
M. ivan
August 4, 2021 at 2:29 pm
👏👏
Vix Di Carlo
August 4, 2021 at 8:01 pm
Thank you both for your immense work!
Subhan Ullah
August 5, 2021 at 11:22 am
Couple of the year maybe Century
Yaf Y.
August 5, 2021 at 7:35 pm
They deserve 10 Nobel prices! The worlds is proud of you both.
Kwisatz Haderach
August 7, 2021 at 5:13 am
That would turn Nobel price into worthless trash
Luana Moreno
August 6, 2021 at 10:01 am
Watch these two, they might cure cancer soon! I am generally against billionaires, but this might be an exception, seeing that they seem genuinely interested in the general good. So inspiring! ♥️
Sune Ricardo Holt
August 8, 2021 at 12:44 am
Are they Billionaires ? … that can only be from vaccine profits then ?
Bercan Beschadigun Kılıç
August 8, 2021 at 7:12 am
@Sune Ricardo Holt you have no idea what you qre talking about so i would stop . Ofcourse they will earn some money by vaccine but the main gain was from share price increase of biontech
Leon
August 14, 2021 at 11:25 am
@Sune Ricardo Holt They own 17,5% of Biontech stocks
Sune Ricardo Holt
August 14, 2021 at 6:48 pm
@Leon anything else would be wierd … honestly thought they would own more than that .. 🙂
Katherine M
August 6, 2021 at 11:48 am
Doctors like this deserve so much more than all the Kardashians and the Trumps of the world
Hadi Hassan
August 7, 2021 at 6:52 pm
Couple goals
_xAronex_
August 8, 2021 at 12:20 am
I am proud of them as a Turkish person and a human:)
dieNatoren
August 8, 2021 at 10:07 am
what has your turskish nationality to do with it? They arent even turkish but german with an turskish ethnic background.
_xAronex_
August 8, 2021 at 3:54 pm
@dieNatoren sorry that you are offended mister chad not like I am allowed to speak or anything
A N
August 8, 2021 at 4:59 pm
@dieNatoren So? Do they deny that they’re Turks?
ThE
August 13, 2021 at 5:40 am
@dieNatoren
You are commenting on every comment that comment about thier Turkish root
That guy still have the evil eye bead on his neck which adress his root and a Turkish belief
dieNatoren
August 8, 2021 at 10:08 am
I am so happy that the german education system is able to bring up such great researcher!
Abdur Rashid Raskin
August 13, 2021 at 3:45 pm
Germany is already such a advanced country in R&D , it’s just that , it came into world news
Mareeen14
August 17, 2021 at 4:03 pm
*researcherS
Diana Lux
August 8, 2021 at 1:29 pm
for the algorithm
mygenius
August 8, 2021 at 5:46 pm
Große Menschen – bedeutende Persönlichkeiten – bescheidene und sympathische Menschen – eine großartige Vision, Gutes zu tun – mit dem Ergebnis, Millionen Leben zu retten und hunderte Millionen Leben zu schützen – aus meiner Sicht wäre der Nobelpreis angemessen und verdient. Ein Leben für die Wissenschaft und ein Leben für die Menschheit. Ich hoffe, dass man sie in 100 Jahren zu den ganz großen Wissenschaftlern zählt.
Blake McRae
August 9, 2021 at 5:01 pm
I ain’t gettin it so don’t ask 🤣
BIBAMARU JORGE
August 9, 2021 at 5:47 pm
Graphene! Thanks for this..
Misty Green
August 9, 2021 at 6:27 pm
True champions thank you!!
Michelle Leon
August 10, 2021 at 2:52 am
What a coincidental miracle…
Ayhan Karacaoglu
August 10, 2021 at 10:08 am
Global gang using these people as chosen actors. Otherwise how will they be partners with Pfizer ? Please think logical. If the result is not good they will blame these 2 Turks for everything and whitewash themselves.
Linda Wade
August 10, 2021 at 5:10 pm
This couple is awesome and gives me hope for human kind!
Serhan Demirci
August 11, 2021 at 5:12 am
Gotto love the nazar boncuğu 🧿
Jaafar Allami
August 11, 2021 at 10:35 pm
These two people saved the world, they deserve more respect and appreciation.
Love from Iraq
Ellen B.
August 13, 2021 at 2:06 am
This is certainly is an inspiring interview of a couple with great intentions. However, no questions got asked regarding safety. How come so many people are dying after the jab or have horrendous adverse reactions? I would really like to understand this. What is going wrong? And do we have long-term studies (i don’t think so)? And considering the swine flu vax was taken off the market after 25 death, what’s the go here? Maybe the technology is not yet fully explored and one should go back to the drawing board?
N Hoshi
August 16, 2021 at 7:27 pm
Ted talks ignore vaccine victims?
𝕮𝖚𝖈𝕶 𝕮𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖗
August 19, 2021 at 10:45 pm
Because they are trying to get the world population reliant on pharmaceuticals that will require booster shots indefinitely just to stay alive.
Loni Max
August 15, 2021 at 9:43 am
2 Demons !
Dave Nelson
August 15, 2021 at 4:13 pm
With all its faults they still came to America. There is hope. People come together!
N Hoshi
August 16, 2021 at 7:39 pm
The critical comments are beeing deleted
Ali Bey
August 17, 2021 at 5:37 pm
🧿 so proud of Mrs Türeci & Mr Sahin ❤️
Niyazi Uğur
August 17, 2021 at 7:31 pm
this is why we proud to be Turkish, this is why we upset about they are outside the Turkey. I, as a researcher in Turkey, i can say that we would easily develop these technologies but politics doesn’t give a room for nearly 20 years. Sorry for it Uğur abi, Özlem abla..
Markus Leitgeb
August 17, 2021 at 9:27 pm
Very impressive, indeed.
Ignas Berrnotas
August 17, 2021 at 11:19 pm
These two are simply amazing people!
Rock Spyder
August 18, 2021 at 10:33 pm
What amazing people, incredible. They remind me of the Curies, and today’s faces of contemporary science. It would be the greatest honour to meet them in person
Laura LBerg
August 19, 2021 at 1:07 am
mRNA is a crime against humanity
Paul Meredith
August 21, 2021 at 3:43 am
Really? Should we ban mRNA? If we do, how should our bodies make protein?
Sinem Gökalp
August 19, 2021 at 6:39 am
There are (were) once healthy people who lost lives because of this genetic experimental therapy. But yes it is very rare…
Daniel Wolf
August 19, 2021 at 12:49 pm
Elon Musk said a couple of months ago that mRNA is for medicine what software is for computers – everything can be programmed with it.
Der Lichtbringer
August 19, 2021 at 2:14 pm
Fake news.
Two very clever business people in the service of KillBill Gates earned Billions of Euro for supporting panik al over the world! The whole Corinna-plandemic is a marketing strategy of pharma industries!!!
Nesrin Eisenstein
August 19, 2021 at 2:44 pm
Incredible work! They will get the Nobel
Nurten
August 19, 2021 at 2:46 pm
The last sentences addressing their nationality was brilliant! 🧿 P.S. They’re such a sweet couple!
Nesrin Eisenstein
August 19, 2021 at 2:47 pm
23:20 ! How they changed the view of immigration in Germany
Micky Dee
August 19, 2021 at 2:53 pm
I dont want to believe that they want to reduce mankind with vaccines 🙁
shiv xoxo
August 19, 2021 at 2:55 pm
inspiring people!!
Segundo Lizardo
August 20, 2021 at 12:58 pm
Nobel prize or bust
Ruth Hoffman
August 20, 2021 at 1:07 pm
Anyone looking to fool our bodies with this technology should be banned from “practicing” science. We know so little about the human genome to begin with. Switching genes off and on or changing them has the terrible potential to alter what being human means.
ilyas türkmen
August 20, 2021 at 1:52 pm
this is what happens when the Central Powers won ww1 😀
Abdur Rashid Raskin
August 20, 2021 at 2:41 pm
Their last words are very brilliant
Boston Cool
August 20, 2021 at 4:46 pm
Nobel please
M. B.
August 20, 2021 at 5:37 pm
So much respect to them👏👏👏👏👏
Yusuf Kenan Demir
August 21, 2021 at 4:16 am
I am proud of this people. It is like in Films and it gives me hope about our Future.
D.D Oliver
August 21, 2021 at 8:16 am
I see so many stupid people showing their turkish pride only because they have turkish background/names. Lets remember that what they had was German education, not turkish.
You should thank germany for teaching them, things that turkey is not doing enough today.
Sathiska lecturenotes
August 21, 2021 at 1:15 pm
👏👏👏👏
Albert LeVert
August 21, 2021 at 3:46 pm
Apparently Moderna’s experience and expertise in mRNA vaccines is more advanced. Nanolipids formulation is probably better, which may have allowed a stronger dose, which will possibly offer longer lasting protection. BioNtech advantage was just the massive infrastructure, commercial and communication machines of Pfizer.
Frank Krauer
August 22, 2021 at 9:29 am
With this video no critical comments are allowed. I just wrote one and it was deleted in 1 minute. 🤮🤮👎👎👎
Frank Krauer
August 22, 2021 at 9:33 am
Tried it again. Critical comment was deleted within 20 seconds. 👎👎
Tilman VonDelft
August 22, 2021 at 10:03 am
Legends and such humble people
Steve M
August 22, 2021 at 12:06 pm
Mark of the beast.
Gul & London
August 22, 2021 at 12:44 pm
Two amazing people!! 🇹🇷❤️🇹🇷❤️🧿🧿
mahmut123456
August 24, 2021 at 4:32 pm
🇩🇪❤️🇩🇪❤️🌭🍺
BC
August 22, 2021 at 12:46 pm
Scientific discovery of mRNA is amazing, but in the hands of big pharma and politicians it is a dangerous tool.
Marinka Noordhout
August 22, 2021 at 4:12 pm
These two are awesome and deserve every credit. But these two are nerds, no politicians. This was propaganda. Asking goverbments for money and taking control of the production, you create a weapon
Nur Toprak
August 22, 2021 at 4:46 pm
You are talking about health revolution! It is amazing!
Greg Jeffries
August 22, 2021 at 5:33 pm
Drs Türeci and Şahin, the world should be forever grateful for the pioneering work you conducted on mRNA vaccines. They have given hope in a dark time during this pandemic. They achieved the holy grail of scientific research: the translation of knowledge from the lab bench to the bedside during a global pandemic. Not only has it saved lives (for those with access to the vaccine), but it has improved our mental health. Think of where we would be without their accomplishment.
Sadly, this video was posted two weeks ago and only has 52k views. There are TMZ videos that get a million views in 24hrs for trivial matters. I guess this reflects society as it is currently.
The most liked comment echos a sentiment that I said months ago: “Give these guys a Nobel prize!” Amen. Thank you Drs Türeci and Şahin!
Blue Sky
August 22, 2021 at 6:27 pm
They deserve the Nobel prize.
Filiz
August 23, 2021 at 9:32 am
For killing people?
Blue Sky
August 23, 2021 at 5:08 pm
@Filiz They are saving lives. Are a bigot not to have seen the great your they are doing?
Filiz
August 23, 2021 at 6:43 pm
Bigpharma killt more people than Mafia
Gül intheair
August 22, 2021 at 6:30 pm
It really is good to see Özlem Türeci. We do not always have a chance. I don’t the reason.
ili
August 22, 2021 at 6:41 pm
Great scientists, thank you Biontech
Why not
August 23, 2021 at 8:48 am
Okay let’s talk about their parents’ being immigrants. They probably kept some Turkish traits inside their home; but they obeyed German law, they learnt and let their children learn German for starters, they let both their sons and daughters have sufficient education. What’s important about being an immigrant is to bring what’s good about your background as heritage, own it and keep it; but if you see better methods and ways of doing something/anything at where you migrated to, you should stop being stubborn and insisting on doing what you’ve been doing and just ADAPT. If you really think your way was better and it is logical, find a way to spread and tell without disturbing the society you later joined. Their parents did. Imagine immigrants who had a choice to live a good life in their country but chose to live a better one somewhere else are contributing to the society they joined later; but refugees who didn’t have a choice, they were certain to die yet when they took refuge they don’t care about the traditions or peace of the country they took refuge in. I hate racism but this is what drives people with tendancies.
Bel aire
August 23, 2021 at 9:05 am
The biggest profiteurs of our health in this century! As refugees they give nothing back they made the Money of there life and wants still more money! And people with 3 vaccines are badly in the hospital. There vaccine doesn’t work and they no it but they don’t Care! Put them in jail! Listen to Robert Malone the inventor of mRNA! He is warning for this criminal people!
Esra Bilir
August 23, 2021 at 5:58 pm
Nobel 2022
Efe Bektaş
August 23, 2021 at 5:59 pm
Great team! We’re proud of you! 🧿🧿
taleton
August 24, 2021 at 6:14 am
Danke an euch beide. Greetings from Greece !!
Wex Qlp
August 24, 2021 at 11:53 am
They spent their whole life in Germany. Germany as a country has done such a great job bringing up great people like this.
Turkey could never produce something like this let alone produce or invent anything.
Petek Demircioğlu Çelebi
August 24, 2021 at 1:50 pm
❤️❤️❤️👑👑👑
Alex Cio
August 24, 2021 at 2:51 pm
We need more people like them who want to change the world! 🙂🤟🏾
fixitright
August 24, 2021 at 9:56 pm
Yes! A novel virus and a novel vaccine before you even reached your next birthday, science is fantastic but really which came first?, the chicken or the egg?
Derya Yılmaz
August 26, 2021 at 8:21 am
These two precious people deserve all the kindness in the world.
K C
August 26, 2021 at 8:34 am
Parayı buldunuz laboratuvar fareleri
Anjali Likhita
August 26, 2021 at 9:19 am
I didn’t like the interviewer….he jus focused a lot on their personal stuff rather than the vaccine…..he din let them explain it properly……
Martin Vad Poulsen
August 27, 2021 at 6:33 am
What an amazing couple who seems dedicated to bring change for the mankind and not just to create profit for themselves and their shareholders. Big cheers to that🍻🙅🥳
Refik Oner
August 27, 2021 at 12:14 pm
You make us proud! Not only because of your remarkable contribution to humankind, but also because of the significance of your achievements in the ongoing battle against racism and prejudice. The children of “Gastarbeiter” are just as smart, just as hard working, just as resourceful, just as dedicated, just as ethical as any one else in Europe. Göğsümüzü kabarttınız! 🙏🙏🙏🧿🧿🧿👏👏👏
mcguerd8
August 27, 2021 at 4:25 pm
Brilliant, dedicated, hardworking, successful, inspiring and humble. Thank-you!,,,
mcguerd8
August 27, 2021 at 4:32 pm
Maybe cancer, hashimoto’s and many other diseases will be treated by this mRNA technology in the future? Thanks to all Scientists who dedicated their lives for a better world!…
Ömer Faruk Petek
August 27, 2021 at 4:55 pm
🧿
Mr Underhill
August 27, 2021 at 6:33 pm
And now they are no different than nazi’s forcing their science experiments on the world
pininfarina rossa
August 27, 2021 at 8:40 pm
Too much money is never a problem!✌
mcguerd8
August 27, 2021 at 8:59 pm
It is probably a big relief for the couple scientists to be able to fund their dream research projects with their own money after decades of hard work rather than running from one finance capital to another answering many stupid questions from greedy investors who hollowed out the whole meaning of value and money.
TheFenerbahceSK
August 27, 2021 at 10:12 pm
It’s so awesome to see these Turkish scientists making such a huge impact on the world.
C C
August 28, 2021 at 3:51 am
They are not Turks, do not ignore fact
Uzair Azhar
August 28, 2021 at 12:49 pm
@C C they’re Turkish dude as well as German.
Ender Tortop
August 27, 2021 at 10:13 pm
Great scientists! We owe a lot to them and all the other great scientists in their teams!
Ayse Yildiz
August 27, 2021 at 11:27 pm
I congratulate you.And thank you .I am greeting you from Türkey.
Burcu Budak
August 27, 2021 at 11:43 pm
Real scientists thank you 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
C C
August 28, 2021 at 3:53 am
If they were British it would be mentioned in each sentence, but they are German and German taxpayers money played a crucial part in developing the vaccine
G A
August 29, 2021 at 8:54 am
How come? They own a private company and funded by private donors, they are partnered with Phizer. Do they get fund from the govment?
Nəriman Əlizadə
August 28, 2021 at 7:50 am
They are killer.The are responsible thousand of people suffers from.vaccine.And nobody know what will happen to us after 10 years
Bas X
August 28, 2021 at 9:49 am
Now we need to wait for 70 years until the biggest experiment ever has been completed…
Eternal Sunshine
August 28, 2021 at 9:56 am
So proud of them 🙂
Mehmet Gultekin
August 28, 2021 at 2:23 pm
Proud of them! They are one of the most important scientists in Turkey for kids who is dreaming science. Good luck
MiP
August 28, 2021 at 3:44 pm
Interview all the novax phd in donuts that are in social 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Jose Manuel
August 28, 2021 at 8:10 pm
What about adverse effects???
Gezen Bilir
August 29, 2021 at 12:21 am
Respect this German scientists. 👏🏻👏🏻
Merlin the Atlantean
August 29, 2021 at 1:50 am
All is seen.
elif gökçe özkuyumcu
August 29, 2021 at 6:16 am
Proud of you 🧿❤️
justjanexx
August 29, 2021 at 6:21 am
I genuinely respect the work of these (and other) scientists but I am horrified at their treatment of animals.
We must do more to require human-relevant medical science. It is not acceptable to steal life from other sentient beings for our inquiries. No matter what.
Not to mention the vile and unspeakable means by which we have tortured them. The images of that abject cruelty never leaves your head. I have no idea who would be capable of committing such atrocities.
Science, YES. Animal torture, NO!
Mathe Prof
August 29, 2021 at 7:37 pm
It is a complicated matter but there are clear rules what is allowed and what is not! What would you suggest? And how do you feel about people eating animals?
justjanexx
August 29, 2021 at 7:44 pm
@Mathe Prof it’s only complicated when your moral compass fails.
And NO, of course I do not eat animals.
Mathe Prof
August 29, 2021 at 8:01 pm
I do think that you made it too easy for yourself here! So you know that all medicines we use nowadays won’t exist without animal trials, right?
Rene Otter
August 29, 2021 at 7:48 am
Criminal Big Pharma, only going for profit
Varun Bhola
August 29, 2021 at 7:48 am
now i realized how dumb i am
Allan D
August 29, 2021 at 9:58 am
I can see a nobell prize coming their way.
Seher Arslan
August 29, 2021 at 2:11 pm
We are so very proud of you! 🧿🧿❤️❤️
12701270able
August 29, 2021 at 3:22 pm
We have a good reason for hoping a better world. Two dedicated,inspiring, humble scientists ,they deserve all the best of all good wishes. I thank them.
veramentegina
August 29, 2021 at 4:28 pm
makes me proud to be human when I see people like these two. Such humility, such kindness of their souls, such passion for their work. Thank you drs.. We owe you our lives.
Ceyhun Cakir
August 29, 2021 at 4:54 pm
Two big brain outside from their motherland working for anothers but they doing the right thing because there is no future in turkey and no place for big brains . Congratulations
NomadicRider
August 29, 2021 at 6:18 pm
Great minds from 🇹🇷 Turkey, living and creating in 🇩🇪 Germany.
Songul Cicek
August 29, 2021 at 6:45 pm
Sizi seviyoruz Özlem Türeci Uğur Şahin 🇹🇷✨❤️
Kaan 46
August 30, 2021 at 6:35 am
Yet they wont take their own vaccines lol
aGps44
August 30, 2021 at 7:15 am
Wow can you prove that?
Kaan 46
August 30, 2021 at 7:17 am
@aGps44 uğur sahin once said that in a german interview
Celia D
August 30, 2021 at 11:00 am
@Kaan 46 Didn’t he say only early on that he would wait for his turn and wouldn’t jump the queue?
Sümeyye Ersoy
August 30, 2021 at 9:48 am
We are proud of you! 🇹🇷✨❤️
Veysi Topkaç
August 30, 2021 at 9:56 am
Thank you Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin ❤
Yiğit HACIOĞLU
August 30, 2021 at 11:13 am
Proud of you…🧿
Haru Krentz
August 30, 2021 at 11:29 am
If i were a turkish id be torn watching this.
Rabuska Buska
August 30, 2021 at 12:07 pm
ALLAHIM BANA NASIP ETMESIN INSAALLAH BU SIVILARI.
emrah serdaroğlu
August 30, 2021 at 12:10 pm
Proud of them. <3
MollyHeadnoise
August 30, 2021 at 12:53 pm
Keep brainwashing the ppl!! Idiots, only in it for the money!! Disgusting
Dr Emrah İpek Informal Med Talks
August 30, 2021 at 1:05 pm
❤️
Murat 131
August 30, 2021 at 1:30 pm
bir aşı karşıtı olarak beni bile duygulandırdı gururlandırdı .tebrik ederim ayakta alkışlıyorum .
Erkay Zürap
August 31, 2021 at 11:17 am
Umarım bu insanların geliştirdiği teknolojinin insanlığın ve sizin faydanız için olduğunu anlamanıza yardımcı olmuştur
Abcde Abcde
August 30, 2021 at 1:45 pm
Thank you beautiful woman and man ❤🤍💐
Maria Garcia
August 30, 2021 at 2:12 pm
I thought Dr. Robert Malone was the inventor of the mrna vaccines?
Ms Maddie
August 30, 2021 at 2:51 pm
This is wonderful that one day we can create medicine that can be individually targeted. This is actually amazing and a good reason to be alive today to see these great discoveries.
Burak Erten
August 30, 2021 at 3:28 pm
We are proud of Turks like you.
newchannelization
August 30, 2021 at 4:32 pm
I am wondering what they are saying now about the people who are shedding the spike proteins and making other people sick with the GMO mRNA sarscov 2 proteins?
And why aren’t the receivers given the money they supposed to receive since this is an experimental drug??
Just asking 🙂
Ayça Kepçe
August 30, 2021 at 6:44 pm
So emotional, knowing that you actually saved many lives… Thank you :’)
Rumira
August 30, 2021 at 7:37 pm
Sizinle gurur duyuyoruz iyiki varsiniz🙏❤️
masuod marx
August 30, 2021 at 7:58 pm
Thank you, great job 👏
Josh _Ride
August 31, 2021 at 7:01 am
DARPA INVENTED THIS POISON AND ISSUED GRANTS TO THESES LIARS
Emre Arslan
August 31, 2021 at 7:35 am
Turkey is proud of you two!
Friedrich Starven
August 31, 2021 at 11:43 am
Impressive, they didn’t have one single approved product in the pipeline, and suddenly within 11 months they produce gen-therapy shots which the entire humanity is coerced into. If this is not scary, what is???
Maya Tara
September 1, 2021 at 10:43 am
There was about 50 years of combined research of hundreds of scientists on mRNA vaccines. They simply were able to pick up the tehcnology and adapt it to make this specific vaccine for covid. It really is a no brainer for anyone who actually understands the science and is aware of all the research produced during decades before the pandemic came about.
Human
August 31, 2021 at 1:03 pm
Only Antivaxxers disliked the video haha
John Smith
August 31, 2021 at 5:06 pm
The technology is revolutionary, but unfortunately only experimental. Science is not based on blind faith, it’s based on an evolving understanding of the evidence, and the long-term evidence is simply not there yet. In two-five years, we probably will know much more based on the clinical results among a variety of different human populations and demographics.
ahmetin malikanesi
August 31, 2021 at 7:26 pm
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Dee
August 31, 2021 at 9:27 pm
So happy to see these originally Turkish scientists rise to the top and make difference in the world ❤️❤️
William Sutherland
September 1, 2021 at 5:41 am
Its unfortunate that they are being promoted on TED when there are real concerns from reputable scientists who are warning about the dangers of MRNA delivery of vaccines. With mounting evidence of concerning side effects
Serdar Serdar
September 1, 2021 at 7:23 am
Great team🧿
yazz baser
September 1, 2021 at 1:16 pm
Nobel Prize deserved 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏. Thank you on behalf of us all 💗
Not a BadCookie*
September 1, 2021 at 1:23 pm
Soooo… how long before we have an mRNA vaccine/treatment/(dare I say) cure for HIV?
Mastering mRNA will bring forth so many possibilities! I hope you two remain humble and continue to revolutionize the world.
Thank you two and your team for all of your hard work! ❤️
Roy Alfonso
September 1, 2021 at 1:46 pm
Was this vaccine tested on animals?
Nazli Kilic Ozdemir
September 2, 2021 at 6:41 pm
As far as I know scientists were working on this tech for years, this means it was tested on animals
nyuuuchan
September 1, 2021 at 4:02 pm
.. maybe a video about Katalin Karikó, whose research powers all mRNA vaccines ? 💡
Marguerite Fry
September 1, 2021 at 4:36 pm
In the most genuine way, science is a real-life video game. Dr. Özlem Türeci explains “dendritic cells are coaches of the immune system. They are the generals which call all the different special forces and train them on the wanted poster of attacker.” Highest respect for scientists.
Aydin Eraslan
September 1, 2021 at 4:42 pm
brilliant, danke schön.
Mar
September 1, 2021 at 5:21 pm
These people are put in front for publicity, so people can relate and be influenced, time will tell about the vaccine, hope it will tell good stories.
Daniel Pond
September 1, 2021 at 9:27 pm
amazing really what has been done
matt 87
September 1, 2021 at 10:59 pm
They have killed soooooo many people with the serum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sibel Ajtai
September 5, 2021 at 7:31 am
Nobody forces anybody to take the vaccine. If you do not want to get vaccinated you say a polite “No, thank you.” and move on. What do you gain by being so unkind to your fellow human beings? Everyone is striving for their life to have a meaning, a purpose. For this, everyone deserves respect. I do not believe, refuse to believe that your personal mission is to be unkind to people who do not share your views and convictions. Challenges should bring humankind together, not tear us apart.
Moonglow
September 2, 2021 at 7:58 am
Sahin stole the german tax money !!! Fking thief !!
Fenasi Kerim
September 2, 2021 at 9:46 am
Turkish couple<3
gwdtoday
September 2, 2021 at 11:20 am
So who is not telling the truth, these two or Dr. Robert Malone as he has clearly went on record now how he invented this technology
Aaron Rios
September 2, 2021 at 7:46 pm
Yeah, kind of a weird situation.
Colin T
September 3, 2021 at 12:29 pm
Both are telling the truth. Dr Robert Malone’s team invented the mRNA vaccine platform, others like BNT developed the first commercial mRNA vaccine.
Who cares Who
September 2, 2021 at 11:20 am
How inhuman and digusting can a human being be!!!??
Two SATANISTS sitting on the sofa!!!
Cheyenne Tiera
September 2, 2021 at 3:33 pm
Very disappointed with TED re fast track vaccines
Erce Pınar
September 2, 2021 at 3:44 pm
They should definitely be given the Nobel Prize. I can’t think of any other people that deserves Nobel Prize more than they do. Huge respect to Özlem Türeci & Uğur Şahin.
Ömer Yavuz
September 2, 2021 at 5:51 pm
Don’t exaggerate them.they did nothing good to humanity.The vaccine have made the the situation even worse
Tulay K
September 2, 2021 at 4:37 pm
Dune kadar ne udugu belli olmayan cift birden insanligi kurtaran bilim!!! Insanlari diye reklam yapildi. Hem de TÜRK!!! yersen. Butun dunya Turk’ u gormezden gelmek icin kirk takla atarken hemde…yersen…Kill Bilin vitrin gulleri…adam verdi formulu eline, milyonlari cebine…Bir asi yeter dedi kara melek, yetmedi iki, uc , bes…yersen….bankada hesaplar sisiyor, insanlar soykirim gibi ne udugu belirsiz siringalarlar imha ediliyor…tipik kripto siyon plani…karda yurur izini belli etmez.
Nedense bana Kill Bill ve trans karisini animsatiyorlar.
Tabby Cat
September 2, 2021 at 4:54 pm
Keske bin laykim olsa da bin kere layklasam, agziniza saglik
Sibel Ajtai
September 5, 2021 at 7:09 am
Allah dunyayi ve insanligi sizin gibi zehirli insanlardan korusun.
Atilla mutlu
September 2, 2021 at 8:42 pm
🧿
abdrahman abdaziz
September 2, 2021 at 11:14 pm
The best scientists couple , the innovatimg physicians.
Feriel FuriosaLights
September 3, 2021 at 10:01 am
Now their so called ”vaxx” is a poison. They are not heroes.
Dogu Tozlu
September 3, 2021 at 3:23 pm
Posion? It has saved thousands of lives
simplex J
September 3, 2021 at 12:50 pm
Wonderful to learn about the basic principles of the mRNA technology by first hand account. Presented in such a modest and factual manner, without the faintest sign of a Steve Jobs-like show, makes both of them even more likeable. What they really have achieved for mankind can hardly be overrated.
Totale Transformation
September 3, 2021 at 12:50 pm
😅😂🤣
Tinku Jena(TJ)
September 3, 2021 at 6:08 pm
Happiness forever to mamjiandsirji
Tube You
September 3, 2021 at 11:19 pm
He and his wife are among the hundred richest people in Germany because of the value of their shareholding in BioNTech.[15] As of May 2021, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated his net worth at US$8.35 billion.[1] wikipedia
Aizad Sayid
September 4, 2021 at 12:23 am
Super Couple! Listening to them reminds me of Pierre and Marie Curie!
Nazik Pehlivan
September 4, 2021 at 10:51 am
Atatürk’ün torunları sızınle gurur duyuyoruz 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💐💐
G B d F F R
September 4, 2021 at 2:38 pm
They got already the best prize of science. 👏👏👏👏👏
Arthur Giant
September 5, 2021 at 6:11 am
They do know that they won’t be able to eradicate this virus with the vaccine they developed but they promote it anyway because it brings more and more money and they don’t wanna stop the flow of wealth.
Fabi 06
September 5, 2021 at 8:34 am
Racist Germans for years were against imigration and racism to Turks now thanking imigrant Turks lol
Tabish Ansari
September 5, 2021 at 1:53 pm
Thank you for saving our lives.
Bryn McKair
September 5, 2021 at 3:41 pm
Thank you.
Volki
September 7, 2021 at 6:20 am
The impact of this new technology both dazzles and scares me to my core like nuclear energy. In wrong hands, it could lead to a catastrophe. Hope I’m wrong
Elvan Şavklı
September 7, 2021 at 12:19 pm
Did you all lost your minds?
Mohamed Abdullahi
September 7, 2021 at 7:16 pm
Thanks
Wyn Brown
September 8, 2021 at 2:22 pm
Mad scientists
Bulent Sohtaoglu
September 8, 2021 at 4:08 pm
👏🙏
Inci Nur Ozbiyik
September 8, 2021 at 8:11 pm
Thank you sooooo much for keeping us safe🙏🙏🙏 there are your portraits onthe wall on our way to my daughters’s school and everyday while passing through we wave you and thank you❤️🙏🤗
Mari Kleinen
September 9, 2021 at 8:10 am
Thank you for the nice informative video that we could get to know the couple of devoting scientists tirelessly in science.
Berat AHİ
September 9, 2021 at 11:59 am
Thank you for everything. You will be a role model for many children, especially in Turkey and all over the world. Thank you very much for all your effort.
Io Sta
September 9, 2021 at 3:19 pm
The wolfs like to disguise themselves in sheep skin. The devil likes to wear a veil of innocence.
Io Sta
September 9, 2021 at 3:23 pm
Precisely, they said it themselves. GENETIC MANIPULATION ANYWAY THEY WANT.
Jaweher
September 10, 2021 at 1:01 am
just vaccinated pfizer <3
chechen nohco
September 10, 2021 at 7:55 pm
Allahim ne kadar cirkin bir kadin kocasida oyle allah rabbiyesiri almis cehennem elemanlari gibi
İpekç
September 11, 2021 at 8:47 am
They are still talking about spending the money they earned from vaccine on developments to cure people, every time I take drink I toast Türeci and Şahin , we are grateful, thank you 🙏
yigit celen
September 14, 2021 at 4:47 pm
how so? the jab still needs to be proven safe
İpekç
September 14, 2021 at 7:45 pm
@yigit celen fda already did
Good Wong
September 12, 2021 at 12:22 am
Basic Rule: No vaccine nor drug can be given to humans WITHOUT PASSING EXPERIMENTS. This is evil injected into us without passing experiments !!
Sivasliyakamoz
September 12, 2021 at 1:12 am
Ugur Şahin met with Bill Gates long before the covid-19 pandemic broke out. How does he explain this?
filiz Atam
September 12, 2021 at 10:30 am
Proud to be a Turk!!!! So proud
yigit celen
September 14, 2021 at 4:49 pm
Just curious. Is it true that it was bill gates who funded Pfizer, a company on the verge of collapse, a few months prior to the viral outbreak?
Deniz Bayraktar
September 12, 2021 at 11:57 am
I’m proud 🇹🇷
Boris Rohrbacher
September 12, 2021 at 6:23 pm
Very inspiring. They are so great. Thanks to Biontech, Ugur Sahin, Özlem
Türeci for saving so many lives, for being prepared for reacting in the right manner. Must have been very very very difficult for you and your team.
Süleyman Bulut
September 12, 2021 at 7:25 pm
They deserve Nobel prize.
feyza aslan
September 12, 2021 at 8:58 pm
Harika,teşekkürler
Gizem Yılmazer
September 12, 2021 at 10:26 pm
I’m proud to be a Turk thanks to them! Such inspiring souls!
yigit celen
September 14, 2021 at 4:45 pm
how so? what did they achieve, indeed? the Pfizer vaccine still needs trials.
Lee Cooper
September 12, 2021 at 11:05 pm
Ugur sahin it’s my home boy from my town place could name is iskenderun i am proud of you and you wife keep going my home boy. Massallah of you both.
Al Ce
September 13, 2021 at 12:18 am
makes me proud to be immigrant in germany, gives me lot of hope
yigit celen
September 14, 2021 at 4:46 pm
are you Turkish?
Al Ce
September 14, 2021 at 6:30 pm
@yigit celen no
Harpy
September 13, 2021 at 8:24 am
I really wonder if those German Nazis takes the vaccine or not ? 😁
C.O Brown
September 13, 2021 at 9:19 pm
An amazing Turkish couple !
Vildan Öz
September 14, 2021 at 12:28 pm
We are proud of you.from İskenderun with love
papatyass
September 14, 2021 at 5:36 pm
These two Turks!😍