The 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine was announced today, awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo. He is a Swedish citizen, born on April 20, 1955, 67 years old, and an authority on evolutionary genetics. The reason for the award is for his discoveries and contributions to the genome of extinct species and to human evolution.
Pabo was awarded for his discoveries on the extinct hominid genome and human evolution. Through his groundbreaking research, Pabo accomplished the seemingly impossible by sequencing the genome of his extinct modern human cousin, the Neanderthal.
He also made a splash with the discovery of Denisova hominid hominids
More importantly, Pabo also found that the gene transfer between Homo sapiens and extinct Homo sapiens occurred after the first group of humans moved out of Africa about 700,000 years ago.
The transfer of these ancient genes to modern humans is related to human physiology over time, for example by influencing the response of the human immune system to infections.
This ancient gene flow to modern humans is physiologically relevant today, for example by influencing our immune system’s response to infections. . His father was also the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1982.
After the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine were first announced today, the winners of the Prize for Physics and the Prize for Chemistry will be announced, respectively, the 4th and 5th, and the winner of the Prize for the Literature will be announced on the 6th.
The highly anticipated Peace Prize will be announced on the 7th and is the only Nobel Prize awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the Economy Prize will be announced on the 10th, marking the end of the 2022 Nobel Prize season.
Each Nobel Prize winner will give the winner 10 million Swedish kronor (approximately NT $ 28.7 million) in cash and payments will be released on 10 December.
The cash prize comes from the legacy of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize. Before his death in 1895, he made a will, using his property to create the Nobel Prize.
