Lasker Award 1958: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Alfred D. Hershey, Gerhard Schramm, Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat

   Biology

   For the discovery of the fundamental role of nucleic acid in the reproduction of viruses and in the transmission of inherited characteristics.

2. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Irvine H. Page

   Biology

   For contributions concerning the basic mechanisms of hypertension.

3. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Peyton Rous

   Biology

   For contributions concerning the causes of cancers, the source of antibodies, and the mechanism of blood cell generation and destruction in human beings.

4. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Theodore Puck

   Biology

   For development of original methods for pure culture of living mammalian cells as a basis for new research in their nutrition, growth, genetics, and mutation.

5. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Basil O'Connor

   Biology

   For extraordinary administrative leadership in the eradication of a crippling disease of childhood, poliomyelitis, through development of an effective vaccine.

6. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Robert W. Wilkins

   Biology

   For contributions concerning the causes, diagnosis and treatment of hypertension.