Lasker Award 2014: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Kazutoshi Mori, Peter Walter

   Biology

   For discoveries concerning the unfolded protein response — an intracellular quality-control system that detects harmful misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum and signals the nucleus to carry out corrective measures.

2. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   Alim-Louis Benabid, Mahlon DeLong

   Biology

   For the development of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus, a surgical technique that reduces tremors and restores motor function in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease.

3. Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science

   Mary-Claire King

   Biology

   For bold, imaginative, and diverse contributions to medical science and human rights — she discovered the BRCA1 gene locus that causes hereditary breast cancer and deployed DNA strategies that reunite missing persons or their remains with their families.