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Svante Paabo won the 2022 Noble Prize in Medicine for ___________?
AFor the discovery of Hepatitis C virus
BSequencing the genome of the Neanderthal
CProducing Vaccine against Covid-19
DNone of the above
Correct answer
B. Sequencing the genome of the Neanderthal
Explanation
Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Medicine for advancing the understanding of human evolution. Other frontrunners were Hungarian-born Katalin Kariko, whose research led to the first mRNA vaccines to fight COVID-19.