Lasker Award

Lasker Award 1971: Winners

Recipients

  1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

    Charles Yanofsky, Seymour Benzer, Sydney Brenner

    Biology

    For their brilliant contributions to molecular genetics.

  2. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

    Edward D. Freis

    Biology

    For the demonstration of the life-saving effectiveness of drugs in the treatment of moderate hypertension.