One of the researchers described the circumstances that led to the discovery as “serendipity.” This year’s prestigious Lasker ...

Five individuals who in diverse ways have made significant contributions to the public health of the nation have been named this year's winners of the Albert Lasker Medical Research and Public ...

We are deeply honoured and humbled to be recipients of this prestigious award that recognises our and the CAPRISA team, ...

Akira Endo, a Japanese scientist who discovered the first cholesterol-lowering statin drug, is one of five winners of this year’s Lasker Awards for medical research. Albert and Mary Lasker ...

Six individuals have received this year's Lasker Awards in the areas of basic research, clinical research, and public service ...

GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, ...

The Lasker Foundation today announced the winners of its 2024 Lasker Awards. Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Salim S. Abdool ...

Zhijian “James” Chen received this year’s Albert Lasker Award for discovering cGAS, an enzyme which scopes out DNA-based ...

Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to ...

One of this year's coveted Lasker Awards has gone to Zhijian "James" Chen, a scientist behind a key immune-system discovery.