Napoleone Ferrara

Prix

1. 2010

   Prix Lasker — Prix Lasker-DeBakey pour la recherche médicale clinique

   Biologie

   For the discovery of VEGF as a major mediator of angiogenesis and the development of an effective anti-VEGF therapy for wet macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the elderly.

2. 2013

   Prix Breakthrough — Sciences de la vie

   Biologie

   for discoveries in the mechanisms of angiogenesis that led to therapies for cancer and eye diseases.

3. 2014

   Prix international Canada Gairdner

   Biologie

   For discovering Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), a key molecular mediator of new blood vessel formation and the development of effective anti-VEGF. therapy for cancer and wet macular degeneration