Premio Lasker 2012: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Premio Albert Lasker de Investigación Médica Básica

   James Spudich, Michael Sheetz, Ronald Vale

   Biología

   For discoveries concerning cytoskeletal motor proteins, machines that move cargoes within cells, contract muscles, and enable cell movements.

2. Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   Roy Calne, Thomas E. Starzl

   Biología

   For the development of liver transplantation, which has restored normal life to thousands of patients with end-stage liver disease.

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

   Donald D. Brown, Tom Maniatis

   Biología

   For exceptional leadership and citizenship in biomedical science—exemplified by fundamental discoveries concerning the nature of genes; by selfless commitment to young scientists; and by disseminating revolutionary technologies to the scientific community.