Lasker Award 2001: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Mario R. Capecchi, Martin J. Evans, Oliver Smithies

   Biology

   For the development of a powerful technology for manipulating the mouse genome with exquisite precision, which allows the creation of animal models of human disease.

2. Lasker–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   William Foege

   Biology

   For courageous leadership in improving worldwide public health, and his prominent role in the eradication of smallpox.

3. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Robert G. Edwards

   Biology

   For the development of in vitro fertilization, a technological advance that has revolutionized the treatment of human infertility.