Premio Lasker 1958: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. 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. Irvine H. Page

   Biología

   For contributions concerning the basic mechanisms of hypertension.

3. 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. 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.