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Three medical researchers honoured with Mahidol Award for 2008
BANGKOK, Nov 21 (TNA) - Three medical professionals -- Brazilian, Japanese and Chinese -- were awarded the prestigious Prince Mahidol Award 2008 for their outstanding and exemplary contributions to the advancement of the world's medical and public health services, according to the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation.
The Prince Mahidol Award 2008 in the field of medicine has been conferred upon Professor Sergio Henrique Ferreira, Department of Pharmacology, University of Säo Paulo, Brazil and the Prince Mahidol Award 2008 in the field of public health is jointly awarded to Professor Michiaki Takahashi, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan and Professor Yu Yongxin, Director Emeritus, National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, China.
Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly hold a press conference to announce the 17th Prince Mahidol Award for 2008.
Professor Ferreira discovered the Bradykinin Potentiating Factor (BPF) which is a peptide found in the venom of a Brazilian snake. His discovery paved the way for the development of a new class of antihypertensive drugs, the angiotensin converting enzymes inhibitors (ACEI), the first of which is the drug called captopril.
Professor Takahashi developed a vaccine isolated from the vesicles of a typical case of chicken pox in a 3-year-old Japanese boy. Named Oka after the boy, the vaccine was developed to prevent chicken pox in a process which is strictly adhered to the standards of the World Health Organisation.
Professor Yu had spent nearly three decades to derive an SA14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine from kidney cells of hamsters. The vaccine is widely regarded as the most efficacious and safest in preventing encephalitis in children.
The Scientific Advisory Committee carefully screened all candidates from the year 2008, 2007, and 2006 and then submitted a short list of the candidates to the International Award Committee who scrutinized the and made a recommendation to the Board of Trustees.
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the meeting of the Board of Trustees on November 3 in which the final decision on the Prince Mahidol Award 2008 was made.
In the past 16 years, 48 individuals, groups of individuals, and institutions have received the Prince Mahidol Award. Among them, two subsequently received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, namely Professor Dr. Barry James Marshall and Professor Dr. Harald zur Hausen.
In 2008, there were 49 nominations from 19 countries.
Their Majesties the King and the Queen will grant an audience and confer the Prince Mahidol Award 2006 -- comprising medals, certificates and a total of US$50,000 -- to each of the awardees on January 28 at the Chakri Throne Hall in the Grand Palace compound.
Established in 1922, The Prince Mahidol Foundation commemorates the centenary of the birth the king's father, Prince Mahidol of Songkhla. The foundation is chaired by Princess Sirindhorn.
In paying tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Mahidol on his great contribution to public health, the Mahidol Foundation confers international awards upon individuals or institutions which have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to the advancement of medical, public health and human services in the world.
The Prince Mahidol Award was established in honour of his initiative and efforts that produced a remarkable and lasting impact on the development and improvement of modern medicine and public health in Thailand.
Later the prince was honoured with the titles of "Father of Modern Medicine of Thailand" and "Father of Public Health of Thailand."
Conferred annually, the awards are the result of a panel of world-renowned scientists and public health experts comprising the committee recommending awardees to the foundation.
Prior to the ceremony, Siriraj Hospital, as a founder of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, will invite the 2008 Prince Mahidol Awardees to deliver lectures based on their achievement. (TNA)
The Prince Mahidol Award 2008 in the field of medicine has been conferred upon Professor Sergio Henrique Ferreira, Department of Pharmacology, University of Säo Paulo, Brazil and the Prince Mahidol Award 2008 in the field of public health is jointly awarded to Professor Michiaki Takahashi, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan and Professor Yu Yongxin, Director Emeritus, National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, China.
Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly hold a press conference to announce the 17th Prince Mahidol Award for 2008.
Professor Ferreira discovered the Bradykinin Potentiating Factor (BPF) which is a peptide found in the venom of a Brazilian snake. His discovery paved the way for the development of a new class of antihypertensive drugs, the angiotensin converting enzymes inhibitors (ACEI), the first of which is the drug called captopril.
Professor Takahashi developed a vaccine isolated from the vesicles of a typical case of chicken pox in a 3-year-old Japanese boy. Named Oka after the boy, the vaccine was developed to prevent chicken pox in a process which is strictly adhered to the standards of the World Health Organisation.
Professor Yu had spent nearly three decades to derive an SA14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine from kidney cells of hamsters. The vaccine is widely regarded as the most efficacious and safest in preventing encephalitis in children.
The Scientific Advisory Committee carefully screened all candidates from the year 2008, 2007, and 2006 and then submitted a short list of the candidates to the International Award Committee who scrutinized the and made a recommendation to the Board of Trustees.
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the meeting of the Board of Trustees on November 3 in which the final decision on the Prince Mahidol Award 2008 was made.
In the past 16 years, 48 individuals, groups of individuals, and institutions have received the Prince Mahidol Award. Among them, two subsequently received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, namely Professor Dr. Barry James Marshall and Professor Dr. Harald zur Hausen.
In 2008, there were 49 nominations from 19 countries.
Their Majesties the King and the Queen will grant an audience and confer the Prince Mahidol Award 2006 -- comprising medals, certificates and a total of US$50,000 -- to each of the awardees on January 28 at the Chakri Throne Hall in the Grand Palace compound.
Established in 1922, The Prince Mahidol Foundation commemorates the centenary of the birth the king's father, Prince Mahidol of Songkhla. The foundation is chaired by Princess Sirindhorn.
In paying tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Mahidol on his great contribution to public health, the Mahidol Foundation confers international awards upon individuals or institutions which have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to the advancement of medical, public health and human services in the world.
The Prince Mahidol Award was established in honour of his initiative and efforts that produced a remarkable and lasting impact on the development and improvement of modern medicine and public health in Thailand.
Later the prince was honoured with the titles of "Father of Modern Medicine of Thailand" and "Father of Public Health of Thailand."
Conferred annually, the awards are the result of a panel of world-renowned scientists and public health experts comprising the committee recommending awardees to the foundation.
Prior to the ceremony, Siriraj Hospital, as a founder of the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, will invite the 2008 Prince Mahidol Awardees to deliver lectures based on their achievement. (TNA)
