Howard Martin Temin

Awards

1. 1974

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For innovative and significant research on the mechanism of action of viruses in relation to tumor production.

2. 1974

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

   Biology

   For contributions to the biology of RNA-containing cancer viruses and elucidation of the mode of action of viral genes.

3. 1975

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell