Laureate
Lewis C. Cantley
Born 1949 · United States · Male
Awards
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2013
Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences
Biologyfor the discovery of PI 3-Kinase and its role in cancer metabolism.
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2015
Canada Gairdner International Award
BiologyFor his discovery of PI 3-Kinase, a critical component of the cell signaling machinery that plays a key role in normal functions of proliferations and growth and is de-regulated in diseases such as cancer and diabetes.
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2016
Wolf Prize — Medicine
Biologyfor discovery of phosphoinositide-3 kinases and their roles in physiology and disease.