Michael S. Brown

Prix

1. 1981

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For their discovery of the role of receptor-mediated uptake of lipoproteins in the regulation of cholesterol metabolism.

2. 1985

   Prix Lasker — Prix Albert Lasker pour la recherche médicale fondamentale

   Biologie

   For the discovery of the basic mechanisms controlling cholesterol metabolism, opening the way to a new pharmacologic approach to the treatment of coronary heart disease, the leading cause of death in the Western world

3. 1985

   prix Nobel — Médecine

   Biologie

   for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism