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–Bloomberg Public Service Award

   Médecins Sans Frontières

   Biology

   For bold leadership in responding to the recent Ebola outbreak in Africa and for sustained and effective frontline responses to health emergencies.

3. 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.