Prix Lasker 1949 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   André Frédéric Cournand

   Biologie

   For contributions to the physiology of circulation and the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.

2. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   L. Royal Christensen, William S. Tillett

   Biologie

   For the discovery and purification of the enzymes, streptokinase and streptodornase.

3. Prix Lasker-Bloomberg pour la fonction publique

   Marion W. Sheahan

   Biologie

   For distinguished leadership in the fields of nursing and public health.

4. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Edward Calvin Kendall, Philip Showalter Hench

   Biologie

   For studies of adrenal hormones, culminating in the first use of cortisone in severe rheumatoid arthritis and other severe inflammatory disorders.

5. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Max Theiler

   Biologie

   For the development of two effective vaccines against yellow fever.