器官发育及细胞程序化死亡的基因调节研究

Approaches and Applications of Genetic Regulation of Organ Development and Programmed Cell Death

用线虫实验模型系统研究调节器官发育及细胞程序化死亡的基因,且发现这种基因在人体中也存在,这一成果获得了2002年诺贝尔生理学医学奖。"程序性细胞死亡"机理的发现为艾滋病、肿瘤和癌症等疾病的治疗提供了寻找新方法的可能,将在人类战胜疾病过程中发挥重要作用。

The outstanding contribution of Nobel Prize in physiology or Medicine of 2002 is to commend tthe great discovery of new gene,which regulates organ development and programmed cell death,by means of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as the experimental model system.According to the study,the new gene also exists in human body,The knowledge of programmed cell death brings us the new idea of dealing with incurable diseases,such as AIDS,tumor and cancer.It will play an important role in defeating diseases.