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