University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for more than two decades of discoveries about the molecular structure of proteins — discoveries that have led to new medical therapies,

David Baker, who won alongside two colleagues for their breakthrough work on proteins, is the eighth UW faculty member to claim the honor.

STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.S. scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work on decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones, yielding advances in areas such as drug development.