Prix Breakthrough · Sciences de la vie
Prix Breakthrough 2020 : lauréats
Destinataires
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Arthur L. Horwich, Franz-Ulrich Hartl
for discovering functions of molecular chaperones in mediating protein folding and preventing protein aggregation.
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David Julius
for discovering molecules, cells, and mechanisms underlying pain sensation.
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Jeffrey M. Friedman
for the discovery of a new endocrine system through which adipose tissue signals the brain to regulate food intake.
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Virginia Man-Yee Lee
for discovering TDP43 protein aggregates in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and revealing that different forms of alpha-synuclein, in different cell types, underlie Parkinson's disease and Multiple System Atrophy.