Lasker Award 2010: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Douglas L. Coleman, Jeffrey M. Friedman

   Biology

   For the discovery of leptin, a hormone that regulates appetite and body weight — a breakthrough that opened obesity research to molecular exploration.

2. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Napoleone Ferrara

   Biology

   For the discovery of VEGF as a major mediator of angiogenesis and the development of an effective anti-VEGF therapy for wet macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the elderly.

3. Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science

   David Weatherall

   Biology

   For 50 years of international statesmanship in biomedical science — exemplified by discoveries concerning genetic diseases of the blood and for leadership in improving clinical care for thousands of children with thalassemia throughout the developing world.