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