Prix Lasker 2012 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   James Spudich, Michael Sheetz, Ronald Vale

   Biologie

   For discoveries concerning cytoskeletal motor proteins, machines that move cargoes within cells, contract muscles, and enable cell movements.

2. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Roy Calne, Thomas E. Starzl

   Biologie

   For the development of liver transplantation, which has restored normal life to thousands of patients with end-stage liver disease.

3. Prix Lasker-Koshland pour réalisations spéciales en sciences médicales

   Donald D. Brown, Tom Maniatis

   Biologie

   For exceptional leadership and citizenship in biomedical science—exemplified by fundamental discoveries concerning the nature of genes; by selfless commitment to young scientists; and by disseminating revolutionary technologies to the scientific community.