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