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