Prix Lasker 1959 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Albert Coons

   Biologie

   For the development of the fluorescent method of labelling proteins, a significant tool for the study of infection in human beings.

2. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Jules Freund

   Biologie

   For the development of immunization procedures against diseases such as tuberculosis, rabies, and poliomyelitis.

3. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Gilbert Dalldorf

   Biologie

   For his demonstration of the ability of one virus to modify the course of infection by another and for his discovery of Coxsackie virus.

4. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   John Holmes Dingle

   Biologie

   For outstanding studies which have added significantly to our knowledge and ability to control acute respiratory diseases.

5. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Robert Edward Gross

   Biologie

   For distinguished achievement: performing the first successful operation on an inborn cardiovascular defect.