Napoleone Ferrara

Premios

1. 2010

   Premio Lasker — Premio Lasker-DeBakey a la investigación médica clínica

   Biología

   For the discovery of VEGF as a major mediator of angiogenesis and the development of an effective anti-VEGF therapy for wet macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the elderly.

2. 2013

   Premio Breakthrough — Ciencias de la vida

   Biología

   for discoveries in the mechanisms of angiogenesis that led to therapies for cancer and eye diseases.

3. 2014

   Premio Internacional Canadá Gairdner

   Biología

   For discovering Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), a key molecular mediator of new blood vessel formation and the development of effective anti-VEGF. therapy for cancer and wet macular degeneration