Lasker Award 1984: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   César Milstein, Georges J. F. Köhler, Michael Potter

   Biology

   For fundamental research into the genetics of immunoglobulin molecules, paving the way for the development of hybridomas.

2. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Henry J. Heimlich

   Biology

   For developing the Heimlich Maneuver, a simple and practical technique for the prevention of death from choking which has saved thousands of lives.

3. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Paul C. Lauterbur

   Biology

   For theoretical and technical contributions that made possible a new form of medical imaging, based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR).