“The world is witnessing devastating wars in the Middle East and… Ukraineand the climate is on the verge of collapse,” emphasizes the French press agency. The Nobel Prizes, awarded since 1901, honor those who, as the creator of the prize and scientist Alfred Nobel said, “brought the greatest benefits to humanity”.
The medicine prize will be announced first, on Monday at 11.30 in Stockholm.
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Among the potential winners is: Kevan Shokatan American biologist who discovered how to block KRAS cancer gene responsible for one third of cancers. This mainly concerns lung, colon and pancreatic cancers that are difficult to treat.
– Now they are tested for new treatment methods thanks to his discovery, said Annika Ostman, science reporter for Swedish public radio SR.
Research on how to heal circulatory system diseases can also be approved by the Swedish Academy. The favorites are geneticists Jonathan Cohen and Helen Hobbs.
– They identified genes that regulate the metabolism of essential lipids such as cholesterolwhich led to the creation of a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, David Pendlebury, head of the Clarivate analytical group, told AFP.
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Pendlebury also drew attention to three neuroscientists who studied the basal ganglia. This is an area of the brain that is important for motivation and the way we behave. It's about the American neuroscientist Ann Graybiel, Okihide Hikosaka from Japan and born in Germany Wolframa Schultza.
Other potential winners include Davor Solter and Azim Surani's epigenetics studywhich examines how cells control gene activity without changing DNA.
Last year's award in medicine went to researchers Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for their work on mRNA technologywhich paved the way for breakthroughs vaccines against COVID-19.
In the following days, we will learn the winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry and physics. Nobel week will culminate with the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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