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New Delhi, Oct 3: Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo received the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology on Monday. Svante Pääbo received the prize “for discoveries about the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution,” the Nobel Prize Committee said.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Svante Pääbo “for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.” pic.twitter.com/KHUHwNjjof
— ANI (@ANI) October 3, 2022
The most prestigious prize in the world of science was awarded by the Karolinska Institute of Sweden and the Nobel Assembly. The value of prize is 10 million SEK ($900,357).
“Through his pioneering research, Svante Pääbo accomplished something seemingly impossible: sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal, an extinct relative of present-day humans. He also made the sensational discovery of a previously unknown hominin, Denisova,” announcing the award, the Nobel Prize committee said.
“Svante Pääbo’s research gave rise to an entirely new scientific discipline; paleogenomics. By revealing genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins, his discoveries provide the basis for exploring what makes us uniquely human,” the statement added.
The award is also given at a time when the Covid pandemic has brought medical research into the spotlight. The announcement will be followed by the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday, the Chemistry Prize on Wednesday and the Literature Prize on Thursday. The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday and the Economic Prize on October 10.
