Shaw Prize awarded for therapy curing rare leukaemia
By The BriefBrief
Three scientists won Hong Kong’s Shaw Prize for developing a therapy that makes a rare leukaemia widely curable.
WHO:Anne Dejean, Hugues de The, and Chen Zhu
WHAT:Won the Shaw Prize for developing a therapy for a rare form of leukaemia
WHEN:May 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
WHERE:Hong Kong
WHY:They were recognized for their discovery of the molecular and cellular bases of acute leukaemia and for developing a therapy that turned it from deadly to widely curable.
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