Lasker Award 2015: Winners

Recipients

1. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Evelyn M. Witkin, Stephen Elledge

   Biology

   For discoveries concerning the DNA-damage response—a fundamental mechanism that protects the genomes of all living organisms.

2. Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

   James P. Allison

   Biology

   For the discovery and development of a monoclonal antibody therapy that unleashes the immune system to combat cancer.