Svante Pääbo won the Nobel Prize in medicine

Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo won the Nobel Prize in Medical Sciences for the discovery of the genome of primitive humans and the genome of human evolution. He was born on April 20, 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden. Before this, his father, biochemist Sune Bergström, also won the Nobel Prize. His name was announced as this year's winner at Sweden's Karolinska Institute of Medicine at around 3:30 PM Bangladesh time on Monday (October 3). Through this, the name of the first Nobel laureate of the year was announced. At the same time, the secretary of the Nobel Committee, Thomas Perlman, said, "The Swedish scientist has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for his discovery of the genome of extinct hominids and the evolution of mankind." This year's activities will end with the announcement of the Nobel laureate in economics on October 10. Last year i.e. in 2021, American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian jointly won the Nobel Prize in Medical Sciences for the discovery of temperature and touch receptors. According to a will made in 1895 by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish scientist who discovered dynamite, the Nobel Prize was introduced. The first prize was awarded in 1901. On that occasion, various individuals and institutions around the world were awarded for successful, unique research, innovation and humanitarian activities in five categories. The subjects are Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Peace. Although the Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded since 1969. Nobel Prize winners receive 10 million krona or nine hundred thousand US dollars along with a certificate and a gold medal.