Premio Lasker 1979: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Frederick Sanger, Walter Gilbert

   Biología

   For the development of new techniques for the rapid sequencing of DNA.

2. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Roger Wolcott Sperry

   Biología

   For contributions to the knowledge of brain function, and the understanding of mental and psychosomatic diseases.

3. Premio Lasker-Bloomberg al servicio público

   John Foster Wilson

   Biología

   For bringing prevention and treatment of blindness to hundreds of thousands, even in remote parts of the world.