US biochemist researching HIV and coronaviruses wins Israel’s Wolf Prize

Pamela Bjorkman won this year’s prestigious Wolf Award (Wolf Foundation via AP)

An American biochemist whose research has helped scientists make inroads into treating coronavirus and HIV has won this year’s Wolf Prize, a prestigious Israeli award in the arts and sciences.

Pamela Bjorkman of the California Institute of Technology won the prize for “offering new hope in the fight against infectious diseases”, the Wolf Fund, which awards the prize, said on Monday.