ラスカー賞 2002: 勝者

受賞者

1. アルバート・ラスカー基礎医学研究賞

   James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman

   生物学

   For discoveries revealing the universal molecular machinery that orchestrates the budding and fusion of membrane vesicles — a process essential to organelle formation, nutrient uptake, and secretion of hormones and neurotransmitters.

2. ラスカー・デベーキー臨床医学研究賞

   Belding H. Scribner, Willem J. Kolff

   生物学

   For the development of renal hemodialysis, which changed kidney failure from a fatal to a treatable disease, prolonging the useful lives of millions of patients.

3. ラスカー・コシュランド医学分野特別功績賞

   James E. Darnell

   生物学

   For an exceptional career in biomedical science during which he opened two fields in biology —RNA processing and cytokine signaling — and fostered the development of many creative scientists.