Premio Lasker 1994: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Stanley B. Prusiner

   Biología

   For the discovery of prions, a new class of infectious agents—opening the way to understanding baffling neurodegenerative diseases.

2. Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   John Allen Clements

   Biología

   For defining the role of pulmonary surfactant and developing a life-saving artificial surfactant used in premature infants around the world.

3. Premio Lasker-Koshland al logro especial en ciencias médicas

   Maclyn McCarty

   Biología

   For seminal and historic investigation which revealed that DNA is the chemical substance of heredity and for ushering in a new era of contemporary genetics.