Premio Lasker 1958: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Alfred D. Hershey, Gerhard Schramm, Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat

   Biología

   For the discovery of the fundamental role of nucleic acid in the reproduction of viruses and in the transmission of inherited characteristics.

2. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Irvine H. Page

   Biología

   For contributions concerning the basic mechanisms of hypertension.

3. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Peyton Rous

   Biología

   For contributions concerning the causes of cancers, the source of antibodies, and the mechanism of blood cell generation and destruction in human beings.

4. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Theodore Puck

   Biología

   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.

5. Premio Lasker-Bloomberg al servicio público

   Basil O'Connor

   Biología

   For extraordinary administrative leadership in the eradication of a crippling disease of childhood, poliomyelitis, through development of an effective vaccine.

6. Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   Robert W. Wilkins

   Biología

   For contributions concerning the causes, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension.