Prix Lasker 1978 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Hans W. Kosterlitz, John Hughes, Solomon H. Snyder

   Biologie

   For identifying the relation of the opiate receptors to the naturally occurring enkephalins.

2. Prix Lasker-Bloomberg pour la fonction publique

   Elliot L. Richardson

   Biologie

   For his crucial decision in 1972, as HEW Secretary, to inaugurate a national hypertension control program to lower death rates from stroke, kidney and heart diseases.

3. Prix Lasker-Bloomberg pour la fonction publique

   Theodore Cooper

   Biologie

   For implementing in 1972 the National High Blood Pressure Education Program which has contributed significantly to the cut in deaths from stroke, kidney and heart diseases.

4. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Emil C. Gotschlich, Michael Heidelberger, Robert Austrian

   Biologie

   For the development of a polysaccharide vaccine against pneumococcal diseases.