SWEE LAY THEIN
THE SHAW PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCE AND MEDICINE 2024
is awarded in equal shares to
SWEE LAY THEIN
STUART ORKIN
for their discovery of the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the fetal-to-adult hemoglobin switch, making possible a revolutionary and highly effective genome-editing therapy for sickle cell anemia and β thalassemia, devastating blood diseases that affect millions of people worldwide.
21 May 2024
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