Amazon Quiz: Svante Paabo who recently won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine is from which country?
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Norway
Finland
Sweden
Estonia
Answer- Sweden
The Nobel Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the world and is given every year to people who have had a deep impact on human lives through their works in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics, and peace.
Svante Paabo is the Nobel Prize winner in medicine for 2022. He was awarded the prize because of his research in ancient DNA, which might help us have a deeper understanding of human evolution.
According to the Nobel Committee, in his research, Paabo “accomplished something seemingly impossible”. The committee added, “Pääbo’s seminal research gave rise to an entirely new scientific discipline; paleogenomics”. It further stated, “By revealing genetic differences that distinguish all living humans from extinct hominins, his discoveries provide the basis for exploring what makes us uniquely human.”
In an interview with CNN, Chris Stringer, a researcher working at London’s Natural History Museum, explained the importance of Paabo’s research. He said, “I think the Neanderthal genome was his biggest single contribution. It revealed that Neanderthals interbred with us. That was disputed for many years, including by me. But he showed that most of us have ancient DNA”.
Paabo is not the first member of his family to win the Nobel Prize. Earlier in 1982, his father, Sune Bergström, was a part of a trio that had won this prestigious award.
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