Lasker Award 2007: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Ralph M. Steinman

   Biology

   For the discovery of dendritic cells — the preeminent component of the immune system that initiates and regulates the body’s response to foreign antigens.

2. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Alain Carpentier, Albert Starr

   Biology

   For the development of prosthetic mitral and aortic valves, which have prolonged and enhanced the lives of millions of people with heart disease.