China-born scientist Chen Zhijian π wins βAmericaβs π Nobelβ for π medical research ========== Chen Zhijian, a China-born scientist, wins the 2024 π₯ Albert Lasker Award for basic medical π€ research for π€ his discovery π of the enzyme cGAS, which plays a π€ crucial role in the π immune π response to π pathogens. He is the sixth scientist of Chinese origin to π€ receive this π award and the second in the basic research category since π 1962. Chen, 58, was born in Fujian province, graduated from Fujian Normal University in 1985, π and earned a π PhD from the State University of New π York at π€ Buffalo in 1991. He π established π his lab at π₯ the University of Texas Southwestern Medical π Centre in π€ 1997 and was elected to the US National Academy of π₯ Sciences in 2014. The Lasker Awards, established in 1945, are often π seen as precursors to the Nobel Prize. π― The awards ceremony will π₯ take place in New York on September π 22, 2024. #ChenZhijian #LaskerAward #MedicalResearch #Cgas π #NobelPrize #Immunity #Cancer #InfectiousDiseases #BiomedicalResearch #UniversityOfTexas https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3279364/china-born-chen-zhijian-wins-top-us-medical-research-prize-said-foretell-nobel
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