Moment Nobel Prize winner, 64, calls his parents to tell them he won prestigious award

Moment Nobel Prize winner, 64, calls his parents to tell them he won prestigious award. Heartwarming video captured the moment Drew Weissman, a physician and scientist who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine, called his parents to share the good news. “I have some news,” the footage shows Weissman saying while he holds his phone. “Shoot,” his mother answers over speakerphone. “I won the Nobel Prize,” he replies. The parents can be heard excitedly cheering through the phone’s speaker. “Congratulations, sweetheart,” Weissman’s mother can be heard saying. “You’re the product of our hearts, Drew.” Weissman and his research partner Katalin Kariko were awarded the prize on Monday, October 2, due to their discoveries contributing to the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet said.