Markku Laakso (born 1949 in

Vampula Vampula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Huittinen on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 1,677 (31 December 2008) ...

) is a Finnish professor of medicine and a

type 2 diabetes Type 2 diabetes (T2D), formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, is a form of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin. Common symptoms include increased thirst, frequent ...

researcher. He was awarded the

Matti Äyräpää Prize The Matti Äyräpää Prize () is a Finland, Finnish prize in medicine awarded by The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim since 1969. It is named after the dentist Matti Äyräpää, who was Duodecim's first chairman. In 2016, the prize money was � ...

in 2007, the Kelly West Award in 2008, and the Finnish Science Award in 2015.

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