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