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–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Anthony Fauci

   Biology

   For his role as the principal architect of two major U.S. governmental programs — one aimed at AIDS and the other at biodefense.

3. 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.