Albert Lasker
Basic Medical Research Award

For invaluable contributions of new knowledge about the causes of cancers, the source of antibodies and the mechanism of blood cell generation and destruction in human beings. (More >)

For development of original methods for pure culture of living mammalian cells as a basis for new research in their nutrition, growth, genetics and mutation. (More >)

Joint award for their part in the discovery of the fundamental role of nucleic acid in the reproduction of viruses and in the transmission of inherited characteristics. (More >)

For his many contributions to knowledge of the basic mechanisms of hypertension.