Lasker Award 1950: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   George Wells Beadle

   Biology

   For contributions to the understanding of the genetic control of metabolic processes.

2. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Eugene Lindsay Bishop

   Biology

   For original and meritorious accomplishments in public health administration.

3. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Georgios Papanikolaou

   Biology

   For outstanding contributions to the early diagnosis of cancer of the cervix through cytological methods (the Pap smear).