Scientist wins N456m prize for powerful research that could cure blindness

Screenshot_20200910-143004_1599744658489 Scientist wins N456m prize for powerful research that could cure blindness

A cell biologist from Hungary has won himself the 2020 Körber Prize for European Science, Botond Roska received the €1 million (N456,476,242.50) prize for his research that could restore sight in blindness.

The biologist’s research could cure a type of blindness that affects around one in 4,000 children 

MaxTech gathers that the prestigious award is given every year to a single European in the disciplines of life sciences and physical sciences.

The scientist has previously won four major awards since he abandoned the cello and started studying medicine. Roska is a recipient of the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine. He was given this prize for his discoveries about visual information processing. 

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