ラスカー賞 1999: 勝者

受賞者

1. アルバート・ラスカー基礎医学研究賞

   Bertil Hille, Clay Armstrong, Roderick MacKinnon

   生物学

   For elucidating the functional and structural architecture of ion channel proteins, which govern the electrical potential of membranes throughout nature, thereby generating nerve impulses, and controlling muscle contraction, cardiac rhythm, and hormone secretion.

2. ラスカー・デベーキー臨床医学研究賞

   David W. Cushman, Miguel Ondetti

   生物学

   For developing an innovative approach to drug design based on protein structure and using it to create the ACE inhibitors, powerful oral agents for the treatment of high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease.

3. ラスカー・コシュランド医学分野特別功績賞

   Seymour S. Kety

   生物学

   For a lifetime of contributions to neuroscience— including discovery of a method for measuring cerebral blood flow that led to current brain imaging techniques, adoptive studies in schizophrenia that established its genetic origin, and visionary leadership in mental health that ushered psychiatry into the molecular era.