Premio Lasker 2005: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   Ernest McCulloch, James Till

   Biología

   For ingenious experiments that first identified a stem cell — the blood-forming stem cell — which set the stage for all current research on adult and embryonic stem cells.

2. Premio Lasker-Bloomberg al servicio público

   Nancy Brinker

   Biología

   For creating one of the world’s great foundations devoted to curing breast cancer and dramatically increasing public awareness about this devastating disease.

3. Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   Alec Jeffreys, Edwin Southern

   Biología

   For development of two powerful technologies— Southern hybridization and DNA finger-printing — that together revolutionized human genetics and forensic diagnostics.