Lasker Award 1991: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Edward B. Lewis

   Biology

   For fundamental research on the Bithorax Complex, which established the role of homeotic genes in the development of cell patterns and provided a foundation for current studies of embryonic development.

2. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Yuet Wai Kan

   Biology

   For pioneering the use of recombinant DNA technology for diagnosing human genetic diseases, including the hemoglobinopathies.