Lasker Award 1993: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Günter Blobel

   Biology

   For landmark discoveries concerning the processes by which intercellular proteins are targeted across cell membranes.

2. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Nancy Wexler

   Biology

   For her groundbreaking work in the scientific and public arenas towards finding a cure for Huntington’s disease and for increasing awareness of all genetic disease.

3. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Paul G. Rogers

   Biology

   For tireless leadership in advancing the cause of American health care through his initiatives both as a legislator and as a private citizen.

4. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Donald Metcalf

   Biology

   For the discovery of the colony-stimulating factors, two of which are widely used to treat patients with cancer and diseases of blood cell formation.