Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is one of the prizes awarded by the Lasker Foundation for a fundamental discovery that opens up a new area of biomedical science.^[1] The award frequently precedes a Nobel Prize in Medicine; almost 50% of the winners have gone on to win one.

List of recipients

Selman Waksman

Marshall W. Nirenberg

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Aaron Ciechanover

See also

• List of biomedical science awards

Notes

1. Hofschneider, Mark. "About the Awards". Lasker Foundation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
2. Lasker Basic Research Award 2024
3. Laureates 2023
4. Laureates 2022
5. Hofschneider, Mark. "Light-sensitive microbial proteins and optogenetics". Lasker Foundation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
6. Hofschneider, Mark. "Awards". Lasker Foundation. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
7. "The Lasker Foundation – 2013 Basic Medical Research Award". Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
8. "Professor John Gurdon honoured with prestigious American medical award". University of Cambridge. 14 September 2009.