Lasker Award 1979: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Frederick Sanger, Walter Gilbert

   Biology

   For the development of new techniques for the rapid sequencing of DNA.

2. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Roger Wolcott Sperry

   Biology

   For contributions to the knowledge of brain function, and the understanding of mental and psychosomatic diseases.

3. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   John Foster Wilson

   Biology

   For bringing prevention and treatment of blindness to hundreds of thousands, even in remote parts of the world.