Prix Lasker 2011 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Arthur L. Horwich, Franz-Ulrich Hartl

   Biologie

   For discoveries concerning the cell’s protein-folding machinery, exemplified by cage-like structures that convert newly made proteins into their biologically active forms.

2. Prix Lasker-Bloomberg pour la fonction publique

   The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health

   Biologie

   For serving since its inception as a model research hospital — providing innovative therapy and high-quality patient care, treating rare and severe diseases, and producing outstanding physician-scientists whose collective work has set a standard of excellence in biomedical research.

3. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Tu Youyou

   Biologie

   For the discovery of artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria that has saved millions of lives across the globe, especially in the developing world.