Har Gobind Khorana

Awards

1. 1968

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For deciphering the genetic code.

2. 1968

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis

3. 1980

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For the chemical synthesis of a functional gene.