{"id":18039,"date":"2019-08-21T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=18039"},"modified":"2019-08-21T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T10:09:15","slug":"neurobiologist-dr-botond-roska-receives-hungarian-order-of-saint-stephen-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2019\/08\/neurobiologist-dr-botond-roska-receives-hungarian-order-of-saint-stephen-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurobiologist Dr. Botond Roska receives Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Neurobiologist researcher Dr. Botond Roska was this year\u2019s recipient of the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, accepting the honor from President J\u00e1nos \u00c1der on August 20 in the S\u00e1ndor Palace. Dr. Botond Roska received his medical degree from Semmelweis University, and currently is director of the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, a professor at the University of Basel\u2019s Faculty of Medicine and the head of the neurobiology research group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research.<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>According to the decree on awarding the honor, Dr. Botond Roska and his colleagues work to learn about human vision and healing its various diseases. Thanks to his research, types of blindness caused by the loss of the eye\u2019s ability to process light could soon be cured. Working with his colleagues, Dr. Botond Roska has developed a therapy that can make the problematic cells of the visual system once again sensitive to light.<\/p>\n

In his speech honoring the professor, President \u00c1der said that the developed gene therapy procedure is now in the clinical trial phase. The gene therapy to restore vision will be a revolutionary method of worldwide importance, the president emphasized, adding the Dr. Roska\u2019s discovery will soon become common shared knowledge, which will become a universal treasure. \u201cWith the Order of Saint Stephen we celebrate those that strengthen our reputation at home and abroad, and we recognize our fellow citizens who encourage others to do their best work with their own achievements,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The president awards Hungary\u2019s highest state honor at the proposal of the prime minister. Also present at the awarding ceremony were Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semj\u00e9n, P\u00e9ter Dar\u00e1k, the president of the Curia, Cardinal P\u00e9ter Erd\u0151 and other government members.<\/p>\n

Neurobiologist researcher Dr. Botond Roska received his medical degree from Semmelweis University, and currently is director of the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, a professor at the University of Basel\u2019s Faculty of Medicine and the head of neurobiology research group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research.<\/p>\n

Translation: Tam\u00e1s Deme
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