Prix Lasker 2014 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Kazutoshi Mori, Peter Walter

   Biologie

   For discoveries concerning the unfolded protein response — an intracellular quality-control system that detects harmful misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum and signals the nucleus to carry out corrective measures.

2. Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Alim-Louis Benabid, Mahlon DeLong

   Biologie

   For the development of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, a surgical technique that reduces tremors and restores motor function in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease.

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

   Mary-Claire King

   Biologie

   For bold, imaginative, and diverse contributions to medical science and human rights — she discovered the BRCA1 gene locus that causes hereditary breast cancer and deployed DNA strategies that reunite missing persons or their remains with their families.