Premio Lasker 1949: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   André Frédéric Cournand

   Biología

   For contributions to the physiology of circulation and the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

2. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   L. Royal Christensen, William S. Tillett

   Biología

   For the discovery and purification of the enzymes, streptokinase and streptodornase.

3. Premio Lasker-Bloomberg al servicio público

   Marion W. Sheahan

   Biología

   For distinguished leadership in the fields of nursing and public health.

4. Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   Edward Calvin Kendall, Philip Showalter Hench

   Biología

   For studies of adrenal hormones, culminating in the first use of cortisone in severe rheumatoid arthritis and other severe inflammatory disorders.

5. Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   Max Theiler

   Biología

   For the development of two effective vaccines against yellow fever.