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