2018-01-24
Christer Betsholtz is awarded the Swiss Louis-Jeantet prize for his research on how blood vessels are formed and function.
The prize is for 700 000 Swiss Franc and is awarded by the Louis-Jeantet foundation, which annually allocates 4.2 million Franc to promote biomedical research. This year’s second prize-winner is Antonio Lanzavecchia, head of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona, Switzerland. The prizes will be presented at an award ceremony in Geneva on 25 April.
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Christer Betsholtz receives the Louis-Jeantet prize in medicine 2018-01-24
Christer Betsholtz is awarded the Swiss Louis-Jeantet prize for his research on how blood vessels are formed and function. |
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