The winners of the 2010 Lasker Awards, recognized as the most prestigious medical research awards in the USA, went to Douglas Coleman and Jeffrey M. Friedman for basic medical research, David J. Weatherall for special achievement, and Napoleone Ferrara for clinical research. In a press release, the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation say the awards are to: ..honor four visionaries whose insight and perseverance have led to dramatic advances that will prevent disease and prolong life. The awards carry an honorarium of $250,000 for each category…

Credits to:Health News from Medical News Today

Related Posts

• Bitter Taste Receptors In The Lungs Could Revolutionize Asthma Treatment
  Bitter taste receptors we have in our mouths were found to also exist in our lungs - what researchers discovered about these functioning receptors in ...
• Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Should Remain The Standard Treatment For Aortic Stenosis
  Despite the promising results of the "Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) trial," featured in the Oct. 21 issue of the New England Jour...
• Gene Therapy For Major Depression Treatment Has Huge Potential
  Restoring a vital gene in a small part of the brain could well reverse major depression in humans after animals studies demonstrated considerable prom...
• Study: Getting Plenty of Calcium Early in Life, May Help Prevent Obesity Later
  source It’s no secret that calcium is important for the development of strong and healthy bones, especially in young growing bodies. But researc...
• Study Says Kids Get 40 Percent of Calories from Junk Food: What Part of Childhood Obesity Don’t We Understand?
  Photo: Flickr It's no wonder that kids are blowing up like balloons more every year. According to Kids Health, the percentage of overweight children...