Swedish biologist and evolutionary genetics authority Pabo (left) won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Biomedicine today, while his father, the late Swedish biochemist Bergstrom (right), also won the same one before his death. awards.

(European News Agency, Nobel official website, synthesized by this newspaper)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Swedish biologist and evolutionary genetics authority Svante Pääbo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today (3rd).

It is worth noting that Pabo's father, the late Swedish biochemist Sune Bergstrom, also won the same award during his lifetime; in addition, he also confessed that he thought he was gay.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the 67-year-old Pabo is famous for studying Neanderthal genes. He not only completed the seemingly impossible task of "Neanderthal gene sequencing", but also discovered a brand new ancient man. The species "Denisova".

In recognition of his significant contributions to the research and discovery of the genomes of extinct ancient humans and human evolution, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded him the Nobel Prize in Biomedicine.

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In the past, Nobel science-related awards were awarded to two or three people. Pabo is not only a few individual winners, but also the first evolutionary geneticist to receive the Biomedical Award.

In addition, Pabo's father, Bergstrom, worked with Swedish scientist Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson and British pharmacologist and biologist John R. Vane in 1982 because of his research on prostaglandins. shared the Biomedical Award.

The Nobel Foundation said it was the eighth group of parents and children to have won the Nobel Prize since it began in 1901.

In fact, Pabo is Bergstrom's illegitimate son, and Pabo himself revealed himself in his 2014 book, "Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes." Is the offspring of a secret extramarital affair.

Pabo also revealed in the book that he thought he was gay until he met his wife, primatologist Linda Vigilant.

Swedish biologist Pabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Biomedicine.

(Associated Press)

The late Swedish biochemist Sune Bergstrom.

(Extracted from Nobel's official website)