Honduran researcher nominated for Nobel Prize

By Bufete Mejía & Asociados

Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development, has been nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize after developing a safe, streamlined and affordable COVID-19 vaccine that can be easily accessed by countries around the world. Bottazzi was nominated along Dr. Peter Hotez 

CORBEVAX, also known as “The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine, uses a traditional recombinant protein-based technology that can be produced at large scales and made widely accessible to the entire global population.

U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher of Houston submitted the nomination for Bottazzi and Hotel, calling their work an example of international cooperation and partnership to bring health, security and peace worldwide.

“The effort to develop and distribute a low-cost vaccine to all people in all nations without patent limitation represents the work for fraternity between nations and people that the Nobel Peace Prize embodies and celebrates,” Fletcher said.