Vitor Pamplona on Nostr: China-born scientist Chen Zhijian 🔥 wins ‘America’s 🤔 Nobel’ for medical ...

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