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