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