American scientist Paul A. Negulescu could not believe it as he stepped on stage in suit and tie, receiving the medal which honoured his medical breakthrough on Cystic Fibrosis, a gene disorder which was proven life threatening to many.

In 2022, Paul won the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine with Michael J. Welsh, an American pulmonologist. For the last 20 years, they searched for suitable Cystic Fibrosis treatments. From making over 10,000 molecules, they discovered four which became drugs and one which could treat up to 90% of the patients.

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