Lasker Award · Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

Lasker Award 1959: Winners

Recipients

  1. Albert Coons

    Biology

    For the development of the fluorescent method of labelling proteins, a significant tool for the study of infection in human beings.

  2. Jules Freund

    Biology

    For the development of immunization procedures against diseases such as tuberculosis, rabies, and poliomyelitis.