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