Prix Lasker 1979 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Frederick Sanger, Walter Gilbert

   Biologie

   For the development of new techniques for the rapid sequencing of DNA.

2. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Roger Wolcott Sperry

   Biologie

   For contributions to the knowledge of brain function, and the understanding of mental and psychosomatic diseases.

3. Prix Lasker-Bloomberg pour la fonction publique

   John Foster Wilson

   Biologie

   For bringing prevention and treatment of blindness to hundreds of thousands, even in remote parts of the world.