Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci: The Turkish-German Scientists behind the COVID-19 Vaccine
Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci: The Turkish-German Scientists behind the COVID-19 Vaccine
Behind the success of the first company to announce success in developing a COVID-19 vaccine, there are two Turkish-German scientists: Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci. The German-based BioNTech company, in collaboration with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, achieved 90% success in their COVID-19 vaccine, and it was founded in 2008 by Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin, whose families migrated from Turkey to Germany. But who are Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci? How old are they, and are they married?
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