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

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