Lasker Award 1956: Winners

Recipients

1. Arnall Patz, V. Everett Kinsey

   Biology

   For discovering that excessive oxygen administration is the cause of retinopathy of prematurity in premature babies.

2. Jonas E. Salk

   Biology

   For developing a safe and effective injectable vaccine against poliomyelitis

3. Louis N. Katz

   Biology

   For contributions to cardiovascular research and his advancement of the concept that experimental atherosclerosis is basically a metabolic disease that is preventable and reversible.