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