Lasker Award 1954: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt

   Biology

   For the discovery of actomyosin, the essential contractible element of muscle.

2. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Edwin B. Astwood

   Biology

   For contributions leading to the control of hyperthyroidism.

3. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   John Franklin Enders

   Biology

   For the cultivation of the viruses of poliomyelitis, mumps, and measles.

4. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Leona Baumgartner

   Biology

   For distinguished achievements in public health administration, thus strengthening the community health.

5. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Alfred Blalock, Helen B. Taussig, Robert E. Gross

   Biology

   For distinguished contributions to surgery, especially in newborn children with congenital heart defects.