Are anons familiar with the Lasker Awards? Taking a look at the recipients is very informative.
https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/lasker-awards
Lasker Awards
Here's the info on a recent award winner:
https://laskerfoundation.org/winners/modified-mrna-vaccines/
"For the discovery of a new therapeutic technology based on the modification of messenger RNA—enabling rapid development of highly effective Covid-19 vaccines"
"The 2021 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors two scientists—Katalin Karikó (BioNTech) and Drew Weissman (University of Pennsylvania)—who discovered a new therapeutic technology based on the modification of messenger RNA. "