HONOR

Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
George Beadle	Scientist	22-Oct-1903	9-Jun-1989	One gene, one enzyme theory
Sune K. Bergström	Scientist	10-Jan-1916	15-Aug-2004	Prostaglandins
J. Michael Bishop	Scientist	22-Feb-1936		Genetic causes of cancer
James W. Black	Scientist	14-Jun-1924		Propranolol and cimetidine
Günter Blobel	Scientist	21-May-1936		Protein signaling in cells
Sydney Brenner	Scientist	13-Jan-1927		Genetic regulation of organ development
Frank Macfarlane Burnet	Scientist	3-Sep-1899	31-Aug-1985	Acquired immunological tolerance
Mario Capecchi	Scientist	6-Oct-1937		Knock-out mice
Brock Chisholm	Doctor	18-May-1896	4-Feb-1971	First Director-General of World Health Organization
Aaron Ciechanover	Scientist	1-Oct-1947		Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Stanley Cohen	Scientist	17-Nov-1922		Nerve and skin cell growth factors
Carl Cori	Scientist	5-Dec-1896	20-Oct-1984	Catalytic conversion of glycogen
André F. Cournand	Scientist	24-Sep-1895	19-Feb-1988	Cardiac catheterization
Francis Crick	Scientist	8-Jun-1916	28-Jul-2004	Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA
Michael DeBakey	Doctor	7-Sep-1908	11-Jul-2008	Pioneering heart surgeon
Peter C. Doherty	Scientist	15-Oct-1940		T-cells and antigens
Renato Dulbecco	Scientist	22-Feb-1914		Tumor viruses and host genetics
John F. Enders	Scientist	10-Feb-1897	8-Sep-1985	Cultured the polio virus
Martin Evans	Scientist	1-Jan-1941		Embryonic stem cells
Robert F. Furchgott	Scientist	4-Jun-1916		Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
Robert C. Gallo	Doctor	23-Mar-1937		Identified first retroviruses in humans
Alfred G. Gilman	Scientist	1-Jul-1941		G-protein cell signal transmission
Joseph L. Goldstein	Scientist	18-Apr-1940		Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism
Roger Guillemin	Scientist	11-Jan-1924		Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Leland H. Hartwell	Scientist	30-Oct-1939		Regulators of cell cycle
Mark Hatfield	Politician	12-Jul-1922		US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97
Henry Heimlich	Doctor	3-Feb-1920		Heimlich maneuver
Philip S. Hench	Scientist	28-Feb-1896	30-Mar-1965	Adrenocortical hormones
Alfred D. Hershey	Scientist	4-Dec-1908	22-May-1997	Molecular structure of viral genes
Avram Hershko	Scientist	31-Dec-1937		Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Robert W. Holley	Scientist	28-Jan-1922	11-Feb-1993	RNA's role in protein synthesis
Leroy Hood	Biologist	10-Oct-1938		Systems biology and Human Genome Project
Godfrey N. Hounsfield	Engineer	28-Aug-1919	12-Aug-2004	Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans)
Charles B. Huggins	Scientist	22-Sep-1901	12-Jan-1997	Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers
Lyndon B. Johnson	Head of State	27-Aug-1908	22-Jan-1973	36th US President, 1963-69
Eric R. Kandel	Scientist	7-Nov-1929		Signal transduction in the nervous system
Edward C. Kendall	Scientist	8-Sep-1886	4-May-1972	Adrenocortical hormones
H. Gobind Khorana	Scientist	9-Jan-1922		RNA's role in protein synthesis
Georges J.F. Köhler	Scientist	17-Apr-1946	1-Mar-1995	Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)
Edwin G. Krebs	Scientist	6-Jun-1918		Protein phosphorylation
Melvin Laird	Government	1-Sep-1922		US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73
Ann Landers	Columnist	4-Jul-1918	22-Jun-2002	Syndicated advice columnist
Paul C. Lauterbur	Scientist	6-May-1929	27-Mar-2007	Magnetic resonance imaging
Philip Leder	Biologist	19-Nov-1934		Harvard Geneticist
Barry J. Marshall	Doctor	30-Sep-1951		H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers
Barbara McClintock	Scientist	16-Jun-1902	2-Sep-1992	Discovered telomeres
Victor A. McKusick	Scientist	21-Oct-1921	22-Jul-2008	Father of medical genetics
César Milstein	Scientist	8-Oct-1927	24-Mar-2002	Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)
Ferid Murad	Scientist	14-Sep-1936		Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
Marshall W. Nirenberg	Scientist	10-Apr-1927		RNA's role in protein synthesis
Paul Nurse	Scientist	25-Jan-1949		Regulators of cell cycle
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard	Scientist	20-Oct-1942		Embryonic development of fruit flies
Tip O'Neill	Politician	9-Dec-1912	5-Jan-1994	Speaker of the House, 1977-87
George E. Palade	Scientist	19-Nov-1912		Microstructure of the cell
George Papanicolaou	Scientist	13-May-1883	19-Feb-1962	Pap smear
Claude Pepper	Politician	8-Sep-1900	30-May-1989	Congressman from Florida, 1963-89
Gregory Pincus	Scientist	9-Apr-1903	22-Aug-1967	Inventor of oral contraceptives
Stanley B. Prusiner	Scientist	28-May-1942		Prions
Christopher Reeve	Actor	25-Sep-1952	10-Oct-2004	Felled by the Superman Curse
Elliot Richardson	Government	20-Jul-1920	31-Dec-1999	Refused to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor
Ernst Ruska	Physicist	25-Dec-1906	27-May-1988	Inventor of the electron microscope
Bengt I. Samuelsson	Scientist	21-May-1934		Prostaglandins
Andrew V. Schally	Scientist	30-Nov-1926		Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Phillip A. Sharp	Biologist	6-Jun-1944		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Eunice Kennedy Shriver	Relative	10-Jul-1921		Kennedy who founded the Special Olympics
Oliver Smithies	Scientist	23-Jun-1925		Knock-out mice
Alfred Sommer	Doctor	1942		SPH Dean at Johns Hopkins, 1990-2005
Roger W. Sperry	Scientist	20-Aug-1913	17-Apr-1994	"Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology
Jules Stein	Business	26-Apr-1896	29-Apr-1981	Founder of MCA
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.	Scientist	19-Nov-1915	9-Mar-1974	Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP)
Albert Szent-Györgyi	Scientist	16-Sep-1893	22-Oct-1986	Vitamins C and B2
Howard M. Temin	Scientist	10-Dec-1934	9-Feb-1994	Tumor viruses and host genetics
Max Theiler	Scientist	30-Jan-1899	11-Aug-1972	Yellow fever vaccination
Susumu Tonegawa	Scientist	6-Sep-1939		Antibody production and diversity
John R. Vane	Scientist	29-Mar-1927	19-Nov-2004	Prostaglandins
Harold E. Varmus	Scientist	18-Dec-1939		Genetic causes of cancer
George Wald	Biologist	18-Nov-1906	12-Apr-1997	Physiology of the retina
James Watson	Scientist	6-Apr-1928		Co-Discoverer of DNA
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow	Physicist	19-Jul-1921		Developed radioimmunoassay technique
Rolf M. Zinkernagel	Scientist	6-Jan-1944		T-cells and antigens

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