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NIH Celebrates a Lasker Honor
Physicians, patients, and staff at the research hospital of the National Institutes of Health joined NIH Director Francis Collins, and the Director of the Clinical Center, John Gallin, to commemorate the bestowal of a Lasker Public Service Award. (More>)
Lasker/IRRF Initiative for Innovation in Vision Science
The Lasker Foundation and the International Retinal Research Foundation (IRRF) have joined in a decade-long partnership entitled the Initiative for Innovation in Vision Science, to identify knowledge gaps in research and apply innovative solutions to retinal diseases. (More>)
| Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award > |
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Franz-Ulrich Hartl and Arthur L. Horwich
For discoveries concerning the cell's protein-folding machinery, exemplified by cage-like structures that convert newly made proteins into their biologically active forms. Read the Award Description Watch a video about the 2011 Basic Award winners |
| Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award > |
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Tu Youyou
For the discovery of artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria that has saved millions of lives across the globe, especially in the developing world. Read the Award Description Watch a video about the 2011 Clinical Award winner |
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The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health
For serving since its inception as a model research hospital — providing innovative therapy and high-quality patient care, treating rare and severe diseases, and producing outstanding physician-scientists whose collective work has set a standard of excellence in biomedical research. Read the Award Description Watch a video about the 2011 Public Service Award winner |