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The award of $3 million, the largest award in the sciences, [2] is given to researchers who have made discoveries that extend human life. The Prize is awarded annually, beginning in 2013, with six awards given in each subsequent year. Winners are expected to give public lectures and form the committee to decide future winners. [1]
The Breakthrough Prizes are a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances. [1] [2] The awards are part of several "Breakthrough" initiatives founded and funded by Yuri Milner and his wife Julia Milner, along with Breakthrough Initiatives and Breakthrough Junior Challenge.
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics: Breakthrough Prize: Transformative advances in fundamental physics [1] International: Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences: Breakthrough Prize: Research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life [2] International: Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics: Breakthrough Prize: Mathematics [3 ...
In 2019 he was awarded a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his contributions to the understanding of the RNA gene-splicing process and, in collaboration with fellow Prize Laureate Dr. Frank Bennet of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, the development of medical interventions that target the RNA-splicing process, including Spinraza, which is the first treatment for the genetic disorder Spinal ...
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2005) [1] Pour le Mérite (2008) Kistler Prize (2009) Great Cross of Merit with star (2009) Gruber Prize in Genetics (2013) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2014) Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2016) [2] Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2016) Keio Medical Science Prize (2016) Princess of Asturias Award (2018)
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Jan. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- January 8, 2025. On Wednesday, January 8 th, Professor Michel Sadelain, of Canadian origins, was announced the 2025 laureate for King Faisal Prize in Medicine for his groundbreaking contributions to Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, a revolutionary cancer treatment that has transformed immunotherapy and inspired advancements ...
The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists who used artificial intelligence to “crack the code” of almost all known proteins, the “chemical tools of life.”
He has also received the Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research and the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Science. In 2023 he was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, [10] in 2024 the Lasker Award [11] [12] and for 2025 the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize. [13] Chen was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2014. [14]