Prix Lasker 1958 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Alfred D. Hershey, Gerhard Schramm, Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat

   Biologie

   For the discovery of the fundamental role of nucleic acid in the reproduction of viruses and in the transmission of inherited characteristics.

2. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Irvine H. Page

   Biologie

   For contributions concerning the basic mechanisms of hypertension.

3. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Peyton Rous

   Biologie

   For contributions concerning the causes of cancers, the source of antibodies, and the mechanism of blood cell generation and destruction in human beings.

4. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Theodore Puck

   Biologie

   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.

5. Prix Lasker-Bloomberg pour la fonction publique

   Basil O'Connor

   Biologie

   For extraordinary administrative leadership in the eradication of a crippling disease of childhood, poliomyelitis, through development of an effective vaccine.

6. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Robert W. Wilkins

   Biologie

   For contributions concerning the causes, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension.