The Nobel Prize winning scientist behind mRNA vaccine technology has attacked the US health secretary’s plan to effectively cancel the use and development of the science in America.

Speaking exclusively to The Telegraph, Dr Katalin Karikó, said the decision by Robert F Kennedy Jr to cancel $500 million worth of mRNA research and development contracts is “devastating” and reflects a “lack of respect for science.”

Dr Karikó, who received the Nobel Prize in 2023 for her groundbreaking work on messenger RNA , the technology behind the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines, added the decision could have far-reaching consequences.

“The global progress of vaccine development and science is suffering because of this decision and others like it affecting scientific enterprise in the United Stat

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