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The Nobel
Prize is an international award given yearly since 1901
for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature
and for peace. In 1968, the Bank of Sweden instituted
the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel,
founder of the Nobel Prize.
The Prize Winners are announced
in October every year. They receive their awards (a prize
amount, a gold medal and a diploma) on December 10, the
anniversary of Nobel's death. |
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Alfred Nobel
was born in 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. His family was
descended from Olof Rudbeck, the best-known technical
genius of Sweden's 17th century era as a great power in
northern Europe.
Nobel invented dynamite in 1866
and later built up companies and laboratories in more
than 20 countries all over the world.
On November 27, 1895, Nobel signed
his last will providing for the establishment of the Nobel
Prize. He died of cerebral haemorrhage in his home in
San Remo, Italy on December 10, 1896. |
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Alfred died
in San Remo, Italy on December 10, 1896. In his last will
and testament, he wrote that much of his fortune was to
be used to give prizes to those who have done their best
for humanity in the field of physics, chemistry, physiology
or medicine, literature and peace.
In 1901, the first Nobel Prizes
in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature
were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden and the Peace
Prize in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. |
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| The first
Prize Award Ceremony in 1901 at the Old Royal Academy
of Music in Stockholm. |
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| Xiaodong Wang |
Dr. Xiaodong Wang was born in Wuhan in 1963. He received his bachelor's degree in Science from Beijing Normal University and his Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
In 2004 he was awarded the NAS (National Academy of Sciences) award in Molecular Biology for his biochemical studies of apoptosis which had resolved a molecular pathway leading in and out of the mitochondrion.
Dr. Wang pioneered the discovery of effector mechanisms for mammalian apoptosis operating in the cytosol downstream of the mitochondria. He identified and characterized the apoptosome complex comprised of released cytochrome c, Apaf-1 and caspase-9 critical to effecting cell death. Moreover, he discovered additional apoptotic regulators including DFF, EndoG and SMAC. For these he was elected to National Academy of Sciences in the year 2004.
Dr. Xiaodong Wang will be awarded The 2006 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine for his discovery of the biochemical basis of programmed cell death, a vital process that balances cell birth and defends against cancer.
Dr. Xiaodong Wang currently serves as George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair Professor in Biomedical Science at UT-Southwestern; Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Investigator and Co-Director of National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing.
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