Lasker Award 1989: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Alfred G. Gilman, Edwin G. Krebs, Michael Berridge, Yasutomi Nishizuka

   Biology

   For research revealing how IP3 governs the intracellular level of calcium and orchestrates the major activities of the cell.

2. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Lewis Thomas

   Biology

   Scientist, administrator, catalyst and teacher, the poet laureate of 20th century medicine.

3. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Étienne-Émile Baulieu

   Biology

   For developing RU486, the first safe and effective contragestive medication.